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Stolen Chinese children rescued

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Chinese police have rescued more than 2,000 children from criminal gangs planning to sell them to childless couples.

Every year thousands of small children are stolen by traffickers, but now Beijing has said it will do more to tackle the problem - including setting up a DNA database to help reunite families.

Emily Buchanan reports.

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