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Parents' losses compounded by China's one-child policy
cnn.com — The death toll from Monday's massive earthquake could be as high as 50,000, according to state-run media. The grief is compounded in many cases by a Chinese policy that limits most couples to one child, a measure meant to control explosive population growth.
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- badboibillie, on 05/15/2008, -0/+7I never even thought about that. I can't even imagine how that must be out there right now.
- sungoddess808, on 05/15/2008, -0/+3The policy was first introduced in 1979. I'm sure if you Google it, you can read the history. They must be devastated.
- MediaSight, on 05/15/2008, -0/+6So sad to see how people suffering...
- bradhart2, on 05/15/2008, -4/+1as hard as it is when something like this happens it is a policy the rest of the world would do well to adopt. The planet doesn't have an inexhaustible supply of natural resources.
- AllINeed, on 05/15/2008, -0/+4Trying to control nature always backfires...
- kirralin23, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4China's one-child policy has done a lot more harm than this. The abandonment and murder of girl children has been a horrible consequence of this policy and China's belief that boys are better. I believe that under the law some of these families will be allowed to have a second child if they are able to. They have to have special permission from the government to do so. The government does not grant that permission to Christians or other political undesirables.
- SteelChicken, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1yes, its the law that causes people to murder baby girls. right.
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