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The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian
![Kunming, China - June 24, 2019: Portrait of a Chinese woman that had her feet bound (footbinding) also called Lotus Feet Stock Photo - Alamy Kunming, China - June 24, 2019: Portrait of a Chinese woman that had her feet bound (footbinding) also called Lotus Feet Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2C50WBR/kunming-china-june-24-2019-portrait-of-a-chinese-woman-that-had-her-feet-bound-footbinding-also-called-lotus-feet-2C50WBR.jpg)
Kunming, China - June 24, 2019: Portrait of a Chinese woman that had her feet bound (footbinding) also called Lotus Feet Stock Photo - Alamy
![Illustration of an adult Chinese bound foot. (Source: Reference 1, p.20). | Download Scientific Diagram Illustration of an adult Chinese bound foot. (Source: Reference 1, p.20). | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23223280/figure/fig1/AS:340763385843732@1458255730323/Illustration-of-an-adult-Chinese-bound-foot-Source-Reference-1-p20.png)
Illustration of an adult Chinese bound foot. (Source: Reference 1, p.20). | Download Scientific Diagram
![Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nintchdbpict000324067200.jpg)
Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun
![Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nintchdbpict000324115465.jpg)
Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun
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