Binding was outlawed by the Qing Dynasty in 1902, when the dynasty fell in 1912 the nationalist government also banned it. These early bans were rarely policed or enforced. It wasn’t until the Communists took over in 1912 that it finally ground to a halt.
I think you’ll all agree that that was all surprisingly brutal wasn’t it?
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