Somehow, the local government in Zhenping County just made matters worse. After making international news two weeks ago by forcibly aborting a seven and a half month old fetus after a local woman violated China’s one-child policy, officials in Zhenping, Shaanxi province appear to have escalated the problem even further. As @作家草军书 tweeted just hours [...]
Somehow, the local government in Zhenping County just made matters worse. After making international news two weeks ago by forcibly aborting a seven and a half month old fetus after a local woman violated China’s one-child policy, officials in Zhenping, Shaanxi province appear to have escalated the problem even further. As @作家草军书 tweeted just hours [...]
History has been made. On Saturday, Liu Yang became China’s first female taikonaut when the Shenzhou 9 launched into outer space. This is the first manned docking attempt for China’s space exploration program and a major milestone for the country. According to a spokesperson for the space program, People’s Liberation Army fighter pilot Liu Yang’s [...]
A horrific forced abortion in China, and its fallout, has become an international scandal. On June 2, officials from Zengjia, a town in Shaanxi province in Central China, forcibly aborted 23-year-old Feng Jianmei’s seven and a half month old baby after the family failed to pay the 40,000 RMB (about US$6,000) “fee” that local officials [...]
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