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2005-01-08 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by .com 2005-01-08 1:44:56 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Lets see how well they can enforce this. I am not going to hold my breath. One solution I have already floated is more coal mining. That seems to reduce some of the surplus male population.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-08 7:01:45 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-01-08 7:01:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe a bit off topic, but....I wonder if that means there's going to be more baby girls up for adoption as "abandoned kids"?

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-01-08 11:02:39 AM|| 2005-01-08 11:02:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm sure the ~~pro-abortion~~ anti-life lobby will be all over this in 5... 4... 3... 2.... 1....

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-01-08 11:28:09 AM|| 2005-01-08 11:28:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Diamond Age," here we come. Or at least an equivalent of the Taiping Rebellion, if they can't get those numbers evened out soon.

Posted by Asedwich 2005-01-08 12:41:41 PM|| 2005-01-08 12:41:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I have good friends who have adopted baby girls from China (they're known in the adoptive parent communities as "Her Imperial Highness"). We considered it ourselves. From the reports my friends have given me, adopting in Shanghai or Canton turns out to be very interesting. High points:

-- the system is actually fairly honest, as the ChiComs have a solution for bribery -- they shot a few corrupt officials.

-- the orphanges formerly were in sad shape, but now are pretty decent. The children there get care, but it isn't very personalized. Most of the kids need more holding than they get.

-- the orphanage workers and officials seem to be genuinely happy to have American parents adopting these children.

Posted by Steve White 2005-01-08 1:48:58 PM|| 2005-01-08 1:48:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Steve, I have two friends who adopted Chinese baby girls. The orphanages are indeed well run and the children well cared for. As you say, they don't get enough individual attention but I believe that is a result of overcrowding in the orphanages.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-01-08 5:57:20 PM|| 2005-01-08 5:57:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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