Sunday, June 03, 2007
Rural China's suicide problem - BBC News
China has one of the highest rates of female suicide in the world. And the problem is most acute in poor rural areas.
In his small home, deep in the poor mountainous north of China, Sun Jiangbao slowly lifts himself from his bed into his wheelchair. A recent mining accident left him paralysed from the waist down.
That alone would be hard enough to live with. But just a few years before the accident his wife killed herself by drinking poison after they got into an argument.
Now every day is a struggle to survive. The only person left to care for him is his 60-year-old mother.
"I never believed my wife would kill herself," Mr Sun said. "I'm paralysed and I can't do anything, not even look after my own 12-year-old son."
Mr Sun and his wife had no money, so he went to the city to find work. That pushed their relationship to breaking point.
His story is a common one in rural China. ...
China has one of the highest rates of female suicide in the world. And the problem is most acute in poor rural areas.
In his small home, deep in the poor mountainous north of China, Sun Jiangbao slowly lifts himself from his bed into his wheelchair. A recent mining accident left him paralysed from the waist down.
That alone would be hard enough to live with. But just a few years before the accident his wife killed herself by drinking poison after they got into an argument.
Now every day is a struggle to survive. The only person left to care for him is his 60-year-old mother.
"I never believed my wife would kill herself," Mr Sun said. "I'm paralysed and I can't do anything, not even look after my own 12-year-old son."
Mr Sun and his wife had no money, so he went to the city to find work. That pushed their relationship to breaking point.
His story is a common one in rural China. ...
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