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Kidnapping in China has its history since the ancient times. Such issues have been heavily studied and discussed by investigators and researchers. Since at least the 1980s, kidnapping has become a bigger issue than ever in the country.〔 Since the 1990s, tougher laws against the kidnapping have been established. Chinese authorities have also investigated in this regard. ==History== Ancient Chinese text indicates the ransoming of hostages during the reign of Xia Dynasty (2070 BCE - 1600 BCE), they refer to the taking of princes and family members as hostages across the multiple dynastic periods as warrantor of negotiated treaties. There have been number of historical incidents of kidnapping in China, In 1523, when two Japanese rival delegations had arrived in Ningbo, they had looted and kidnapped Chinese civil servants. Due to such incident, the official relations with Japan were not restored until 1539. During the Second Opium War, when an estimated of 18,000 British and French Soldiers had returned to the coastal forts, Chinese' response included the kidnapping of 38 Anglo-French negotiating party members, 26 of them died in captivity. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kidnapping in China」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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