From correspondents in Beijing


BEIJING authorities plan to issue special cards to married women that will allow them to get condoms for free from vending machines placed throughout the city, state media said today.

The machines, which would begin operating next month, would initially appear at 100 different locations in the city of 13 million people, the Beijing Times reported.

At the start of the pilot project, 60,000 married women would be issued with cards that entitled them to 12 packs of condoms a year, the paper said.

The machines would help remove the awkwardness women felt when buying condoms from salespeople, it added.

Birth control is a top government priority in China and urban couples are usually restricted to having just one child, facing severe penalties if they decide to have a second baby.

Agence France-Presse

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One child? Remind me never to move to China then.

And I can see why it's 12 packs a year. A shag a month...

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"Bend over and allow me to corkscrew you."

Probably 12 packs of 12...that's about every 3rd day, sounds average to me...

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Susan

That's one way to work at population control... So why don't they issue the cards to the men?

Unfortunately, I understand that by being restricted to one child, a lot of Chinese couples kill new-born daughters in hopes of holding out for a son.

I haven't any solid confirmation of this, but have any of you heard the same thing?

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db.. it is my understanding that you are correct. From things I have read, this is due to the fact that in China, when parents are elderly it is the SONS responsibility to take care of them... often brining them into his home.. thus.. if they have a daughter they have no "guarantee" of being able to be taken care of when they are old..

the theory of killing daughters and holding a son was EXIST long long time ago.

Now it doesn't really exist any more. coz government doesn't allow them to kill the baby any more.

In legal, they can not kill the baby, but there are still some people who are lower class and still think the traditional old fashion way to keep a son. then they do it. But this is very Illegal.

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Yet the orphanages are filled with baby girls.

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Lilith

Do you know that if you are living in China right now, and you know any body i mean ANY body who kill children or Aborted unborn child expecially unborn girl. IF you know and report to the Chinese govertnment or police. you will get $10000 CHinese dollars.Then the police put that person into jail /prison.


if I see any one who aborted unborn child in China, i will report to the police right away, coz I really want to get that $10000 heheheheehe everyone loves money right? who doesn't love free money?

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In other countries like Far East Asia women are still held in LOWER esteem BUT in China, it’s a different story. Chinese women are much more aggressive and outspoken and held in Higher esteem.” I love Communist that provides males and females Equality and WOMEN’S Rights in China.

Yes and tied to chairs and ignored.......because there are so many of them abandoned by parents who wanted a boy.

I saw a very interesting production on baby girls born in China and it was heartbreaking to watch......it was a documentary shown on the CBC, The Passinate Eye.

$10,000 Chinese dollar = $2000 US

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It is illegal to do it now in China. That is why they have the $10,000 rmb awar for people who report this crime. This is new laws. but not too new coz it has been a while already. Every one is aware of this Laws and if you break this law. you should be in prison or u know what gonna happend

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In other countries like Far East Asia women are still held in LOWER esteem BUT in China, it’s a different story. Chinese women are much more aggressive and outspoken and held in Higher esteem.” I love Communist that provides males and females Equality and WOMEN’S Rights in China.

CP.......it may be illegal and let's face just because something is illegal, that doesn't mean it isn't done anymore.

BIBI

do you mean we can do a lot of illegal thing in life and hope no one find out? hehehehehheehe Oh my god!

you know how communist usually treat a person if they found out he/she is criminal ? any criminal one could not live.

in North America they put people in jail and prison. after the person finished, they came out and be a criminal again. hahhahha

but in a communist country, if you are a criminal, GOod bye to you, and he/she has to say good bye to life. coz he/she will be dead soon. Now that I like. coz if you give that person another chance. I afraid he/she can be criminal again. I can not take that risk in my life. WHen the person is a cheater, he/she always be a cheater, when a person is a human killer, he/she can always be a human killer.

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All I said CP is just because it is illegal it doesn't mean it is not being done. I am not condoning illegal activities at all. I am speaking to abortions and treatment of female children in China

I stand by my convictions that over in China "somewhere" there are female babies being killed at birth(in the rural areas) and that some women are having abortions and others are abandoning their daughters at orphanges. Please don't take my opinion as a personal attack for it is not intended as such.