Women giving birth out of wedlock in China have to contend with family pressure, social stigma and financial hardship. Now, some of them may have to pay a hefty fine as well. Wuhan, a city …
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Chinese rescue workers saved a baby trapped in a sewer pipe after the child’s mother claimed she couldn’t afford an abortion and gave birth over a toilet. Earlier today, Tea Leaf Nation managing editor Liz …
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Earlier this week, China’s leadership announced the merging of the Family Planning Commission, which oversees the implementation of the policy, with the Health Ministry, drawing speculation as to whether the Chinese family planning policy will …
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This article also appears in The Atlantic, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. China’s Two Sessions are in full swing, with lawmakers proposing a variety of new regulations addressing issues of concern to China’s citizens. Perhaps …
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This is a part of a Tea Leaf Nation series covering gender issues in today’s China. On February 22, a report released by Internet portal Sina made waves among China’s youth. A post on Sina …
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China’s One Child policy, which restricts most couples in the country to having only one child, once again became a hot topic when Wang Xia, the government official in charge of the program, indicated it …
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The debate on China’s one-child policy has gone very public. A recent poll on Sina Weibo, a popular microblogging platform in China, asked the question, “Do you support allowing two children?” And it’s a 1984 …
Read MoreRecent chatter about the status and rights of women on [blogging site] Douban and Weibo [China's Twitter] has prompted me to say something. I think of my maternal grandmother, who’s never getting along with my oldest …
Read MoreSomehow, 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 …
Read MoreSomehow, 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 …
Read MoreHistory 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 …
Read MoreA 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 …
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