Report from the UN Refugee Agency, 23 June 2009

http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,QUERYRESPONSE,CHN,,4a7040b626,0.html

>>The United States (US) Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008 indicates that it is illegal in almost every province for single women to have a child and that people who have children out of wedlock must pay "social compensation fees" (29 Feb. 2009, Sec.1.f). The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) reports that those who give birth to a child outside of marriage can face fines six to eight times the amount of their income from the previous year (US 31 Oct. 2008, 97). According to a 2005 article in Reproductive Health, very few children are born out of wedlock in China (11 Aug. 2005, 3).>>

Stevenlmeyer <"The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) reports that those who give birth to a child outside of marriage can face fines six to eight times the amount of their income from the previous year (US 31 Oct. 2008, 97)"

I would hope, in the interest of fairness, that the men who impregnate these 'naughty' women also face fines six to eight times the amount of their income?

If so, it is no wonder there are few unmarried mothers in China, because that large fine would be enough to put any man off having sex with an unmarried woman, surely.

Hi suzeonline

Or perhaps they get married as soon as they discover the woman is pregnant.

its hardly worth notice
but i noted this..[learnt this]..yesterday
so it might be relivant if its a real topic

""in the west
love is between two people
in china
a marrage is between two families''

its worth noting that we regester marrages with govts
this puts us in a subserviant legal position

see in apllying[apply means beg]..
govt obtains the required legal standing to take the child

its for the same reasons
we need regester birth's
and deaths..

but dont bother reply
im too busy on other topics
let alone about letting govts know
a way to get yet more tax out of us

yes i agree
what about the genetic sperm provider
it takes two to make a living being..be a live birth

[but the isue of live birth
is yet another destraction]

Perhaps the Chinese are simply a bit more pragmatic about having
abortions, as are the Japanese.

Fact is that women have around 400 chances to have another cute
baby and they can't keep them all. So having them when they choose
to have them, makes perfect sense.

Suze, perhaps women who have a problem with abortion, should
simply keep their legs together until they are married.
Problem solved.

Don't they have contraception in China?