Foot binding was a custom practiced on young girls and women for approximately one thousand years in China, beginning in the 10th Air Jordan Spizike century and ending in the early 20th century.

The Air Jordan 3 Retro deformed feet of a footbinding victim.

Foot binding resulted in lifelong disabilities for most of its victims, though Air Jordan Fusion 5 as the practice waned in the early 20th century, according to a study conducted by the University of California at San Francisco, “some girls feet were released after initial binding, leaving less severe deformities.” However, some effects of foot binding were permanent, especially if a girl arches had been broken or other drastic measures taken in order to achieve the desired smallness. In the 1990s and early 2000s, some elderly Chinese women still suffered from disabilities related to bound feet.

Binding the feet involved breaking the arch of the foot, which ultimately left a crevice approximately two inches deep, which was considered most desirable. It took approximately two years for this process to achieve the desired effect; preferably a foot that measured three or three and one half inches from toe to heel. While foot binding could lead to serious infections, possibly gangrene, and was generally painful for life, contrary to popular belief, many women with bound feet were able to walk, work in the fields, and climb to mountain homes from valleys below.

The practice of foot binding continued into the 20th century, when both Chinese and Western missionaries called for reform.

China will mark its 60th anniversary of Communist party rule on October 1.

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Various shoe styles and designs.

In modern China, women crave Western shoe designs and fashion. The days of footbinding have long passed.

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Glen Loveland, a resident of Beijing, China for three years, has broad experience in professional communications working in public relations, crisis communications, and marketing. In 2008 he joined the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG). Glen graduated magna cum laude from the University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor’s degree in History and Law. He also holds a Paralegal Certificate from the University of Massachusetts and studied Mandarin Chinese at the Beijing Language and Culture University. He is a member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Air Jordan Fusion 4 and the American Chamber of Commerce in China. He allegedly ambushed and murdered two Pennsylvania state troopers and could face the death penalty if convicted.

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