For the first time in three decades, the Chinese government has officially eased its restrictive one-child policy and is now allowing couples to have a second child if one parent was an only child.
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Chinese Heroine Spent Lifetime Rescuing Babies
An 88 year-old Chinese woman who is dying of kidney failure is being hailed as a hero for her lifelong work of rescuing abandoned children.
A Woman Commits Suicide Every 3 Minutes in China
During a gripping testimony in front of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, a human rights activist said China’s one-child policy has not only led to the “systematic elimination of girls” through forced abortion, but is causing an epidemic of suicide among women in China.
Biden Backpedals on Comments About China’s One-Child Policy
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
After several days of harsh criticism about a comment he made during his China visit about not “second-guessing” that country’s brutal one-child policy, the office of Vice President Joe Biden has issued a “clarification” with the hopes of stemming the mounting backlash.
CNN Founder Calls for Global One-Child Policy
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Media mogul and CNN founder Ted Turner called on world leaders this Sunday to institute a global Chinese-style one-child policy in order to ensure the future of the human race.
Leader of Tiannamen Square Protest Converts to Christianity
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
It has just been revealed that a leader of the 1989 Tiannamen Square protests has converted to Christianity, and says one of the reasons for her decision was the country’s one-child policy which causes “a daily Tiannamen massacre” every day in China.
Chinese Officials Forcibly Sterilize 10,000 People
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In an effort to fulfill government goals, doctors in Puning county in southern China are working around the clock to sterilize – by force if necessary – nearly 10,000 men and women who have violated the country’s birth control policies by having more than one child.
Pro-abortion Group Misrepresents Facts to Get U.S. Funds
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), one of the organizations providing overseas abortions that is now receiving U.S. taxpayer money, appears to be circulating false information about its involvement in China’s brutal one-child policy enforcement.
US Calls on China to End Human Rights Abuses
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
With the opening of the Beijing Olympics only days away, the U.S. House passed a resolution calling on the Chinese Government to end human rights abuses in order to ensure that that 2008 Olympic Games can take place in an atmosphere honoring the Olympic traditions of freedom and openness.
