A local radio talk show host raised an interesting and sadly true perspective. As China assesses the damage from its recent earthquake, the deaths of the children in the collapsed schools is made even more tragic by the implementation of China's "one birth" policy. For most of the parents affected, this is the death of their only child, since the government penalizes couples who have more than one child.
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Well, at least the policy is not set totally in stone. In rural areas, where much of the destruction took place, the government allows two children, if the first child was a female or disabled. And according to the source, it may not apply in the rural areas at all. Check out these conflicting accounts Wikipedia and About.com
Still, a lot of grieving families there.
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