Trending in China: Video of Mother in Chains Causes Uproar

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A video of a mother of eight children chained to a wall went viral on Chinese social media over the Lunar New Year, as horrified viewers speculated she may be the victim of trafficking and called on the police to investigate.

The hashtag #Local authorities published the details of the Xuzhou mother of eight #官方通报徐州丰县生育八孩女子情况had been viewed around 2 billion times by Monday on Weibo, garnering more than 1 million comments.