In rural China, calling someone a 'witch' has serious social consequences
by Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times
Jan 15, 2018
2 minutes
Witches continue to work their dark arts in some parts of the world, at least in the minds of their accusers.
For example, in a rural farming community in southwestern China, 13.7 percent of the population has been labeled "zhu," or "witch," by their neighbors, according to a new paper published Jan. 8 in Nature Human Behavior.
"'Zhu' households are considered to raise
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