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CX Daily: In China’s Youth Rehabilitation Industry, Abduction and Abuse Run Rampant

Published: Feb. 4, 2026  9:00 a.m.  GMT+8
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In Depth: In China’s Youth Rehabilitation Industry, Abduction and Abuse Run Rampant

When the men came to take Li Shuai, he was in his fifth month of doing nothing.

The 31-year-old had grown tired of toil. Since graduating from high school, he had worked on assembly lines and construction sites, served as a security guard and delivered takeout food. His life was an unbroken cycle of eating, sleeping and working. During his time as a delivery driver, he worked 12-hour shifts, his sleep haunted by nightmares of overdue orders. “Making money is slow and difficult for ordinary people,” he said.

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