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Forced contraception
Woman's body does not really belong to herself. It can belong to the State in some cases. Deng Yanqin, mother of a newborn son in Jiangxi Province, discovered this when she was told by the local residential community's administrator that she would not get a hukou, or household registration, for her firstborn unless she placed an intrauterine device (IUD), a contraception ring, inside her womb.
Women's freedom to choose contraception does not seem to matter when it comes to the family planning policy. The policy, which was applied in 1979, restricts urban couples to having one child, while allowing rural couples, ethnic minorities and couples who are both only children themselves to have additional children. It is estimated that the policy has prevented over 400 million births from 1979 to 2011.
and interesting reading for the blokes from our peaceful harmonious labour party mates
High-tech military equipment unveiled by China in 2012
Aircraft Carrier Liaoning, China's first Aircraft Carrier
J-20 Jet Stealth fighter jet
J-31 Jet Stealth fighter jet
J-15 Jet Carrier fighter, Maximum range: over 3,000 km
DF-41 Strategic Missile, Intercontinental ballistic missile, Maximum firing range: 15,000 km
WZ-10 Attack Chopper, Attack Chopper
WZ-19 Attack Chopper, Attack Chopper
Type 052D Frigate, Guided missile destroyer
Type 056 Frigate, Corvette
16th Satellite of Beidou-2 Navigation Network, Major supplier of satellite navigation services worldwide, Rocket: Long March-3C carrier rocket
US threatens China’s maritime rights, say experts
The US has continuously threatened China's maritime rights in more than 100 years and restricted China with their military alliance, said Major General Wu Guifu, also a former deputy chief of the research department at the National University of Defense Technology, at the forum.
The US rebalance to Asia over the next four years aims to build an island chain starting from Japan, South Korea, crossing China's Taiwan Straits, South China Sea, the Philippines and Singapore, ending in Australia, which is a chain to block China, said Wu.
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