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40 million Cantonese speakers that were never born; no single moms allowed

peijin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:00:07 +0000

Saw this on vip.bokee.com–it says that unmarried women in Guangdong are not allowed to receive artificial insemination because the right to be a mother is tied to wedlock. Another factoid worth noting: in the ten years that they’ve been doing reproductive planning Guangdong province has “saved itself” an estimated 40 million people. That’s pretty darn amazing if you think about it, and regardless of whether or not you agree with the politics or ethics behind it. The numbers are just impressive, in the way that numbers from China are always kinda impressive or astounding.

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Over 10,000 auditors at work on earthquake relief items/donations?

peijin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:22:18 +0000

That’s what an article from Netease says. People are worried about where their donations go/went, so now there’s a whole army of accountants/auditors to make sure that the whole process is transparent and every fen is accounted for. Well, let’s hope that it works. The article says that this is the first time this kind of process has been done in China (which probably means that before, it was done after the fact) while the donations are still going on. Definitely a piece of news to keep tabs on…Technorati Tags: china, earthquake, relief, donations, charity, floods, rain, disaster, nature, news, guangzhou, guangdong, guangxi

Netease Photo series on south China floods

peijin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:09:20 +0000

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