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Child brides in rural China

A girl was barely a teenager when she married. The wedding took place just three days after she met her husband, who was 18.

They met at a Spring Festival. The 13-year-old was visiting his family, and he insisted that she stay and become his wife.

She knew nothing about birth control. She was soon pregnant and dropped out of school.

Her fate is shared by a growing number of child brides in rural China.