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Reward for informing on one child policy violatersPosted by Eric Mu on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at 1:12 PM
 Beijing Times March 19, 2009 Spring is on the way, with the temperature rising slowly but surely: According to today's Beijing Times, yesterday's high in the city was 29.9 degrees Celsius, unusually warm for this time of year and the highest temperature ever recorded in Beijing on March 18. However, the warm weather did not last longer than a day. Today, the temperature took a plunge, dropping by about 10 degrees. The weather in Beijing has been a little extreme this past winter, with a dry spree that lasted for over 100 days and the coldest December day on record. Another big story on the front page is about illegal clinics. The big photo shows law enforcement officers arresting a woman, who was accused of being an unlicensed medical practitioner, in Gaobeidian, Beijing yesterday. The newspaper reported that the officers were "harassed" by the woman's daughter and three other female relatives. Last December, the same newspaper reported on a similar raid in which a unlicensed woman dentist was arrested. The newspaper's top headline announces that informers who report people who violate the one-child policy will be rewarded materially but does not specify the amount. Although some other provinces have ushered in new birth control policies, allowing qualified couples to have a second child, Beijing is not going to change its current policy. The flap over the proposed Coca-Cola takeover of Huiyuan, a domestic juice maker made big-time news in last September. After months of relative silence about the case in the media, today many newspapers, including the Beijing Times, have reported on its latest development: the Ministry of Commerce blocked the proposed acquisition yesterday, citing China's new anti-monopoly law which went to effect last August 1. The news has resulted in some interesting cover illustrations on newspapers: Links and Sources
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Comments on Reward for informing on one child policy violaters
i think that the one child policy is important for sustainabilty reasons. china is over populated with limited resources.
There are of course a great deal of problems with the one child policy and these need to be addressed.
money can also be better spent on improving the scope and nature of the education system and healthcare rather than paying off informants.
Outdated and stupid policy. China is getting old before getting rich (without enough social safety net to support the old), plus it faces a serious gender imbalance problem. If I were Prez Hu I would loosen the policy if not scrapping it altogether; reinforce the ultrasound ban, limit foreign adoptions of girls and reward families who give birth to girls. Having girls is patriotic!
Pffefer, you'll be delighted to know that I agree with you on all counts.
After your proposed policy changes China will still need to work on the prevalent male attitude that his partner should not have a higher standard of education/better salary than he does.
And the corresponding prevalent female attitude? That her partner should have a least as high standard of education and better salary than she does as witness the large numbers of financially independent, well-educated and quite particular 30+ year-old women unmarried in Shanghai. And Hong Kong. And Taiwan. And Singapore. And...
Encouraging people to inform on each other?
The more things change...