One Child Policy

An Unhappy Mother's Day in China

Chai Ling | Posted 05.15.2012

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Chai Ling

On this Mother's Day, however, Chinese women have little to celebrate. In the past month, Chinese officials once again renewed their commitment to enforcing the One-Child Policy for years to come.

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Human Rights & Florida: Why just Cuba and Syria?

Steven Kurlander | Posted 05.08.2012

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Steven Kurlander

How come Tallahassee doesn't ban contracts with companies doing business with China, too? Why just Cuba and Syria? Silly question, because with a Chinese ban, virtually no businesses could do business with Florida governments.

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Chen Guangcheng's Escape: What China Is Trying to Hide From You

Chai Ling | Posted 04.30.2012

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Chai Ling

With the eyes of the world watching, China must allow Chen and his family to live in freedom. Critically, the nation must also heed widespread calls to repeal the One-Child Policy, whose victims are largely voiceless.

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China Must End Its One-Child Policy If It Wants to Get Serious About Reducing Human Trafficking

Chai Ling | Posted 05.22.2012

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Chai Ling

China says it has stepped up its efforts to rescue human trafficking victims over the past year, but the irony is inescapable: if the Chinese government had halted its harsh and brutal enforcement of the One-Child Policy, human trafficking would be a much less severe problem than it is now.

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Why The Newest Octomom Is So Controversial

AP | By ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 02.29.2012

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BEIJING -- The photo was undeniably cute: a studio portrait of eight babies in identical onesies and perky white cotton hats, sporting an array of exp...

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The China Syndrome

Dr. Philip Neches | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: U.S. China Relations, One Child Policy, U.S. China Policy, China Life Expectancy, China Military, Jack Wheeler China, Paul Krugman China, China Arable Land, China Economy Bubble, World News
Dr. Philip Neches

The world is full of danger spots: Pakistan, Iran, North Korea. But when I feel really grim about the prospects for the world, my thoughts turn to China.

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Major Bust In Thriving Market For Baby Boys

AP | By ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 12.07.2011

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BEIJING -- Chinese police arrested 608 suspects and rescued 178 children in busts of two separate child trafficking networks, authorities said Wednesd...

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Biden On China's One-Child Policy: 'I Understand'

Posted 10.24.2011

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By Jason Miks, The Diplomat US Vice President Joe Biden has provoked outrage in some quarters in the United States after saying that he ‘fu...

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Oh, Boy! The Anti-Girl Bias Is in Fashion

Michaela Haas | Posted 08.26.2011

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Michaela Haas

If you could only have one child, would you prefer a boy or a girl? 40 percent of Americans prefer to have a son and only 26 percent a girl. This is the result of the Gallup poll of 1947 and -- hold your breath -- of 2011.

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Who Wants to Date a Billionaire?

Tiffany Ap | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tiffany Ap

I was walking in Beijing when a woman called out, "Pretty girl, are you single?" She worked for a company called the Golden Bachelor Dating Agency, which finds matches for "high-caliber men."

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World's Biggest Census Begins In China

AP | CHI-CHI ZHANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China kicked off a once-a-decade census Monday, a whirlwind 10-day head count that sees 6 million census takers scrutinize apartment b...

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Not So "World-ly" Expo 2010

Fang Wu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fang Wu

"Skype was developed in Estonia." I recited this newly acquired knowledge like a mantra in search for my inner calmness, as I moved in ant speed along...

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China's Horrid One Child Policy Continues

Nicole Kempton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nicole Kempton

There have recently been increasing calls for the world to take a look at China's One Child Policy as a model for how to reduce population growth. These calls are severely misguided.

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Birth Controlled: China's Stolen Children Reviewed

Juli Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Juli Weiner

The furtive Chinese government does everything in its (far-reaching, for sure) power to silence the families of over 70,000 children a year who are being "snatched from the streets."

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Earthquake Prompts Chinese Officials To Clarify One Child Policy

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — Chinese officials said Monday that the country's one-child policy exempts families with a child killed, severely injured or disabled i...

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