Last generation of Chinese women
You have to suffer to be beautiful is a commonly heard expression. But some women have been forced to go through unimaginable pain to conform to the required standard.
It is estimated that two-billion Chinese girls had their feet bound in order to achieve the tiny feet that were seen as the epitome of beauty.
The practice continued until the beginning of the twentieth century, but today the last generation of women with bound feet is dying out. Louisa Lim reports from Beijing.
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