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Sunday, August 22, 2004

"To Have Girls is Glorious"

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110005510


Looks like China is finally realizing that decades of infanticide can have a negative effect.

excerpt:
China's one-child policy has many odious dimensions, but the most gruesome aspect of this type of "family planning" is the murder of millions of infant girls.

As a result, the ratio of males to females in China is unnaturally high, hovering between 117 to 119 boys for every 100 girls in 2000, according to China Daily and People's Daily. There are one-fifth more boys than girls because girls are so often aborted or killed after delivery.
(snip)
These will include cash payments for couples who have a daughter and let her live, as well as privileges in housing, employment and job training. The payments will be doled out to families at different stages of the girl's life, apparently in an effort to prevent families from gaming the system. Some families with girls will also be exempted from paying school fees. People's Daily said another experiment will involve enhancing the political status of the girl and her family.

Sunday, August 22, 2004 in Political Musings |

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