Why in China are young people in large numbers disappearing without a trace?
In recent years, the terrifying pattern of young people disappearing in China has reached disturbing levels. Families search, plead, and hope, but often the truth that emerges is more horrifying than they could ever imagine: bodies returned without internal organs, stories buried under official silence, and a regime accused of treating its citizens as commodities.
A Chilling Case: Hu Xinyu
Fifteen-year-old Hu Xinyu disappeared from Zhiyuan High School in Jiangxi Province on October 14, 2022. Despite the school having 119 surveillance cameras, none recorded Hu leaving campus. Incredibly, multiple cameras malfunctioned on the day he vanished. Over 100 days later, police claimed he had committed suicide in a grain depot near the school.
The explanation defied logic. The depot was surrounded by a 16-foot-high wall, and Hu had supposedly hung himself from a 16-foot-high pipe using shoelaces—an act requiring incredible athleticism and highly improbable materials. More disturbing still, when his body was found, all of his internal organs were missing. Police dogs had searched the area several times and found nothing. Authorities closed the case without addressing these glaring inconsistencies.
Certainly not an Isolated Incident
China has seen a disturbing rise in disappearances, especially among youth. While causes like murder, suicide, or abduction are often floated, many cases leave no evidence—just, lives that have vanished. Increasingly, suspicion points to state-sponsored organ harvesting.
The roots of this atrocity trace back to the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. In 1999, former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Jiang Zemin issued chilling orders: “Death from a beating is counted as suicide; send for cremation without identifying the body.” Practitioners—often in excellent health due to their lifestyle—became prime targets for illegal organ harvesting.
An Industrial-Scale Supply Chain
With military, judicial, and medical institutions involved, an underground organ market flourished. Foreign “organ tourists” were promised life-saving transplants in as little as two weeks—compared to years of waiting in other countries. Bodies were reduced to merchandise, sold to the highest bidder.
Eyewitnesses and whistle-blowers describe the terrifying process. Some recounted living people placed into body bags during COVID-19, shipped straight to crematoria. The pandemic only helped hide the bodies and deepen the CCP’s control.
Investigations and Global Alarm
International investigators David Kilgour, David Matas, and Ethan Gutmann documented this horror in their report Bloody Harvest, detailing the killing of Falun Gong practitioners for organs. A 2016 update found gross inconsistencies in donor records—like 640 transplants in 10 days from only 30 listed donors.
In 2020, the independent China Tribunal, led by Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, confirmed that forced organ harvesting was still occurring—targeting not just Falun Gong but also Uyghur Muslims. He stated, “Very many people have died indescribably hideous deaths for no reason that more may suffer in similar ways.”
A Society Under Surveillance and Control
Under China’s high-tech surveillance state, every citizen’s data is tracked—home address, school, health records, and even blood and tissue type. Routine check-ups, vaccinations, and pandemic-era health codes have created a nationwide organ database, turning every individual into a potential target.
Some victims are declared “brain dead” without adequate examination. In one case, a mother in Wuhan was pressured to approve organ donation for her injured son before any diagnosis was confirmed. She asked, “Is this part of an organ harvesting scheme?”
A Sinister Dream of Immortality
The Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing reportedly launched a “Health Project” in 2005, aiming to extend the lives of senior CCP officials to 150 years. By 2008, their average lifespan had reached 88. Many suspect their longevity comes at a terrible human cost.
The Call to Conscience
Organ harvesting is not just China’s issue—it is a global human rights crisis. Silence and inaction enable the continuation of these atrocities. We cannot turn away.
With Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) and global NGOs, we urge the G7 + 7 nations—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, the US, the EU, Argentina, Australia, India, Israel, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan—to take action.
Sign the petition. Save a life.
Together, we can stop this horror. Because the next name on the list could be someone’s child, sibling, or friend.
And, human life should never be for sale.
