Fewer Couples Are Adopting as China Scraps One-child Rule

Adoptions in China have been on a decline, following the relaxation of the country's one-child policy, wrote China Daily.

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Chinese Who Violated One-Child Policy Remain Wary of Relaxed Rules

Chinese Who Violated One-Child Policy Remain Wary of Relaxed Rules

At first, Cindy Zhang, like millions of other Chinese parents, thought her problems had been solved.

Chinese parents go to court seeking to register 2nd children

Chinese parents go to court seeking to register 2nd children

Wan Changru's 6-year-old daughter collects passes - for her dance school, English lessons and other extra-curricular classes, anything bearing her name that she can pretend is an identity card.

China lifts one-child policy amid worries over graying population

China lifts one-child policy amid worries over graying population

China said it would abandon its controversial “one-child policy” on Thursday and allow all couples to have two children, effectively ending the biggest population control experiment in history amid growing pressures from a rapidly aging population.

Chinese Mother, Fined $54,200 for Flouting One-child Policy, Sues Police

Chinese Mother, Fined $54,200 for Flouting One-child Policy, Sues Police

Chinese warehouse worker Liu Fei was fined 330,000 yuan ($54,200), or 14 times her yearly wage, for having a second child. Her failure to pay means the boy has no access to basic rights like schooling or healthcare.

Chinese Government Collected $2 Billion in One-Child Policy Fines in 2012

Chinese Government Collected $2 Billion in One-Child Policy Fines in 2012

Fifteen provinces in China collected a total of $2 billion (12.8 billion Chinese yuan) in fines last year for violations of the One-Child Policy, according to a study by 21st Century Business Herald, as reported by state-controlled outlet China Daily.

Family compensated for forced abortion, case "settled"

Family compensated for forced abortion, case "settled"

The family of a young Chinese woman forced to have a late abortion has reached an out-of-court settlement with the government, getting around 70,000 yuan (11,023 U.S. dollars) in compensation, officials said Wednesday.

The Law on Forced Abortion in China: Few Options for Victims

The Law on Forced Abortion in China: Few Options for Victims


Two recent incidents involving officials’ violence against women call attention to the violation of citizens’ rights by local governments and the weakness of remedies for citizens under Chinese law . Both cases also dramatize the harshness of the one-child policy and the abortions that are often ordered by local governments.

China to review family planning enforcement

China to review family planning enforcement

In the aftermath of a forced abortion that stirred public controversy over the enforcement of the one-child policy, family planning officials have announced a review of local agencies.

China sacks officials in forced abortion case

China sacks officials in forced abortion case


Two officials in China fired and five more given formal warnings after a woman was forced to have an abortion at seven months

Forced to Abort, Chinese Woman Under Pressure

Forced to Abort, Chinese Woman Under Pressure

A woman who was forced by local officials to abort a seven-month-old fetus this month and whose case has spurred a national discussion about China’s one-child policy said on Tuesday that she was “under a lot of pressure” and was being watched by guards in a hospital, who do not allow her to leave.

Fury over 'forced abortion'

Fury over 'forced abortion'


National and local family planning authorities are investigating a case involving a seven-month pregnant woman in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province who was allegedly forced by the local government to abort her second child.

China's policy of forced abortion is sheer evil

China's policy of forced abortion is sheer evil


What kind of monsters would drag a woman who is seven months pregnant to a hospital and inject her with poison to kill her baby?

Hong Kong crackdowns on Chinese families looking to get around one-child policy

Hong Kong crackdowns on Chinese families looking to get around one-child policy

Over the last decade the number of mainland babies born in Hong Kong has risen from 620 in 2001 to more than 40,000 in 2010 — almost half the total 88,000 births in the territory. Some experts estimate that upwards of 60 per cent of these are second children.

Activists allege forced abortions, sterilizations in China

Activists allege forced abortions, sterilizations in China

When Ji Yeqing awakened, she was already in the recovery room.

'Octomom' in one-child China stuns public

'Octomom' in one-child China stuns public

The photo was undeniably cute: a studio portrait of eight babies in identical onesies and perky white cotton hats, sporting an array of expressions from giggly to goofy, baffled to bawling.

China denies media report claiming babies were sold for overseas adoption

China denies media report claiming babies were sold for overseas adoption

Officials in south China’s Hunan province have dismissed claims that more than a dozen babies were seized from parents who violated the country’s one-child policy and sold to orphanages who arranged to have them adopted overseas.

Human trafficking of snatched ‘illegal babies’ reported in China

Human trafficking of snatched ‘illegal babies’ reported in China

A child-trafficking ring involving family planning officials in China’s Hunan province was revealed by Chinese media on Monday, May 9.

Police use Assault Weapons and Tank against Home School Mom wanting to protect daughter from Dangerous Medications

Police use Assault Weapons and Tank against Home School Mom wanting to protect daughter from Dangerous Medications

According to the Detroit News, a 56-year-old woman faces multiple felony charges and is being held on $500,000 bond after a 10-hour standoff with police, claiming she was protecting her 13-year-old daughter from unnecessary medication. The story which led to this incident, as reported in the Detroit News and The Voice of Detroit, is quite disturbing.

China Considers Relaxing One-Child Policy

China Considers Relaxing One-Child Policy

For 32 years, China has enforced a one-child policy to curb their booming population growth. This policy has led to a number of societal issues, many of them stemming from the desire for that one child to be male. This desire has led to the widespread abortion of female fetuses as well as infanticide, with female newborns commonly snatched from their mothers' arms and faced with an uncertain fate, even if they are permitted to live - which is by no means guaranteed.