Missing Girls Memory Game. Match the Chinese baby girl that was abandoned during the One Child Policy with the imported Vietnamese bride who replaced her to restore the female population in each Chinese province.

 

Social Commentary Board Game using Found Footage from provincial newspaper ads, that announced the find of abandoned babies as well as marriage agency advertisement images of successfully arranged marriages between Chinese men and Vietnamese women.

Sources:

  • Global Slavery Index. (2018). Global Slavery Index 2018.
  • Gong, X., Qiao, X., & Cong, J. (2018). Social Lopsided Exchange: On High Bride Price in Rural Areas-Taking Village X, Town Q in Heze County as an Example. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2018). Atlantis Press.
  • Huang, H.-L. (2012). The Missing Girls and Women of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: A Sociological Study of Infanticide, Forced Prostitution, Political Imprisonment, "Ghost Brides," Runaways and Thrownaways, 1900–2000s. McFarland.
  • International Adoption Help. www.internationaladoptionhelp.com
  • Stuy, B. H. (2014). Open Secret: Cash and Coercion in China's International Adoption Program.
  • The World Bank & The Asian Development Bank. (2006). China: Research Report on Gender Gaps and Poverty Reduction.
  • Zhongyue Love Agency. Agency for Vietnamese Brides. www.zhongyuelove.com