“CHINESE POLICE FIND 28 BABY GIRLS HIDDEN IN SUITCASES ON BUS, APPARENTLY TO BE SOLD.” “Chinese authorities say an unknown number of children are abducted every year for sale to childless families. Older girls are sometimes sold as brides in rural areas with fewer women.

“The babies found in Guangxi were all under three months old, and one died after they were found, the Beijing Morning News said. It said the smugglers might have drugged them to keep them from crying and being discovered.

“The babies apparently were being smuggled for sale, though police didn’t know where they had come from or where they were being taken, the newspaper said….

“No relatives have claimed them, the report said.”