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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: bijou on May 26, 2008, 02:25:59 PM

Title: China Makes One-Child Policy Exception for Earthquake Affected Families
Post by: bijou on May 26, 2008, 02:25:59 PM

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BEIJING —  Chinese officials said Monday that the country's one-child policy exempts families with a child killed, severely injured or disabled in the country's devastating earthquake.

Those families can obtain a certificate to have another child, the Chengdu Population and Family Planning Committee in the capital of hard-hit Sichuan province said.

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,358112,00.html

Title: Re: China Makes One-Child Policy Exception for Earthquake Affected Families
Post by: mamacags on May 26, 2008, 02:31:37 PM

How gracious of them. :whatever:  I am sure those people who are now in their 40's who lost their only child will be so happy.  On the plus side maybe some of the poor orphans in all of the orphanges will be adopted now.  After watching some documentaries about those children my heart breaks just thinking about them. :bawl:

Title: Re: China Makes One-Child Policy Exception for Earthquake Affected Families
Post by: jtyangel on May 26, 2008, 02:54:30 PM

Gee, how kind of them. :whatever: Communist a$$es.

Title: Re: China Makes One-Child Policy Exception for Earthquake Affected Families
Post by: jendf on May 26, 2008, 03:14:47 PM

Who says China isn't a great country?  :mental:

Title: Re: China Makes One-Child Policy Exception for Earthquake Affected Families
Post by: Tess Anderson on May 26, 2008, 06:04:45 PM

The death toll now has cracked 50000. :(

Heh, all of a sudden the commies in China care about their PR - has a little something to do with hosting the Olympics, methinks.