That's a great reply Bill. I'm so tired of all the anti-China hype. If
Suharto received half as much flack for human rights violations as China
did in the media I suppose i wouldn't be so tired of it...
Steve
On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Bill Burgess wrote:
> I understand that most of the gap in the number of girls as opposed to
> boys in China is due to *under-reporting* of girls rather than female
> infanticide. If the first born is a girl, if she is not reported a second
> child may be the desired boy. China's one child rule is a reactionary
> measure, but one-sided reports are no better.
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