Posted on 01/08/2008 7:29:09 AM PST by schu
Communist Party Status Is Revoked for 500 People; Social-Inequality Concerns
By NICHOLAS ZAMISKA
WSJ, January 8, 2008; Page A14
HONG KONG -- Chinese officials have revoked Communist Party membership for 500 people in the country's central Hubei province as punishment for violating the country's one-child rule.
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The one-child policy is simultaneously criticized for its harshness and intrusiveness and revered for its pragmatic approach to reining in a surging population, which now tops 1.3 billion people, or roughly a fifth of the world's population.
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Prof. Zhou found through her research that for those who can't afford the fines, the government may still force women to undergo sterilization surgery in addition to confiscating whatever assets they can. "They take your pigs, your water buffalo. They take everything so you have nothing," she says.
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Your government at work for you ....
When will China have its own “Lebensraum” and create world wide havoc?
We live in interesting times ....
schu
Imagine growing up in a society where there are no aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, sisters, or brothers. Only parents with their one child, and grandparents.
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