So goes the threat reported by Chinese human rights advocates that was spotted painted on a building in a rural province. The rest of the slogan? " . . . if abortion demand rejected."
Nice. And this is the same country that will host the upcoming Olympics in a feigned spirit of brotherly love. I don't buy it.
Unfortunately I DO buy consumer goods that in most cases are made in China. I often wonder about forced labor and the past few years have found me paying more for the same items made somewhere else. If I can avoid Chinese-made goods, I do.
The Chinese one-child-per-family policy looks great until you dig a little deeper to find that it's not as easy as choosing to bear only one child. Accidents happen, some families in urban areas want more than one (two children have been allowed in rural provinces to help with agriculture), and at the end of the day it's really all about the very human desire to keep family size a private matter.
I won't quote it chapter and verse here, but the 'net is rife with stories of women who escaped China either before, or sadly, after enduring forced abortions.
Their testimonies are far more telling than anything I could spout here.
As for the Olympics? Lots of hype and not much else, IMO.
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