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News from China with a focus on human rights and religious liberty
Thursday, July 15, 2004

Official: China Aims to Balance Gender. China hopes to achieve a normal balance of newborn boys and girls within six years by banning the use of abortions to select an infant's sex and by making welfare payments to couples without sons, a family planning official said Thursday. [Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com]
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In China 30 million men may stay single for life [asianews.it]

Beijing (AsiaNews) – About 30 million Chinese may never marry because of a shortage in women caused by selectively aborting female foetuses and high female infanticide. For this reason the Chinese government has sounded... [more]


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CHINESE POLICE HARASS JOURNALIST WHO COVERED TANGSHAN PROTEST [RFA]
HONG KONG—A Chinese journalist who wrote articles on disputes between rural residents and corrupt local officials across China is being harassed by police from the southeastern province of Fujian. Police have also put pressure on another prominent peasant activist to frame him, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. [more]
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