According to the Wall Street Journal The Chinese Government will keep its "One Child Policy" for at least another decade.
As a result, a generation of children is China is growing up with no brothers, sisters, aunts or uncles.
Anyone found breaking this law faces huge fines. Government workers can lose their jobs, and pregnant women may face forced abortions.
Ironically, those chinese who are rich enough, pay the fine, and are able to have more kids.
For the rest, it's a choice between hiding from the government to have a child without a permit, having an abortion, or selling your baby on the burgeoning Child Trading market.
One sad consequence of this situation is a large increase in the number of child abductions.
Friday, May 16, 2008
China's "One Child" Policy
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