A year on, China’s ‘chained woman’ still closely guarded in hushed up case
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The case came to light last February after a video began to circulate on Douyin, China’s version of TikTok. It showed a dazed middle-aged woman who had been chained by her neck inside a shed, apparently by her husband.
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In the post, which had since been removed, Li said he had been barred from visiting the woman by authorities in the city of Xuzhou in the eastern province of Jiangsu.
Authorities said in February that the husband had been detained and the rest of the family was under the care of village officials.
Authorities said at the time that the woman had been sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment, but there have been no further updates about her status since.