Reporting from Beijing
It’s been 26 years since Hong Guilian watched as a doctor drowned her newborn child. She begged him to stop, but her protests were futile.
Three years later it happened again. This time she was six months pregnant when they took her to the family planning clinic for a forced abortion.
China’s one-child policy lasted 35 years and came at an enormous human cost, leaving a legacy of heartbreak.
It also left China with an aging population that will likely threaten its growth and its capacity to innovate for decades. The demographic engineering experiment skewed the country’s gender balance, leaving it with some 30 million more men than women, a byproduct of sex-selective abortions that couples illegally sought out in order to make sure their lone child would be a son.
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CHINA / SOCIETY By Global Times Published: Jan 19, 2021 03:30 PM
Four people were killed in a coal mine blast in southwest China s Guizhou Province, local authorities said.The explosion happened at 4 pm, July 31, 2019, in a coal mine in Liangyan Town, the city of Bijie. Eight people were trapped when the gas explosion happened. Photo: CCTV
Contact has been lost with four miners following a colliery accident in Bijie, Southwest China s Guizhou Province on Tuesday morning. Rescuers have arrived at the site and rescue efforts are underway.
A carbon monoxide overload accident took place in Ruifeng coal mine in Dafang county at 7:20 am on Tuesday, the China Central Television (CCTV) reported. A preliminary investigation shows that a total of 47 miners were working underground at the time, 43 of whom ascended safely after the accident, while contact was lost with four of them.