Comments on: [How] America is Exacerbating China’s Abortion Problems

By: Tabatha

Tabatha — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:37:38 +0000

I’d just like to point out that the post does not moitnen dictators, your first comment opened up that topic.

By: Damjan Denoble

Damjan Denoble — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:26:53 +0000

Hi Slewoak,

I am not familiar with that time period at all. This seems like the sort of thing that academic institutions may have really good information on. The place I always look when I want to find information on a period in Chinese history is the University of Michigan Library. It boasts one of the best, if not the best, stockpiles of Chinese research in the world.

I would suggest calling one of the librarians. They are not very busy these days due to the ascendance of Google…it’s a shame.

By: Slewoak

Slewoak — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:54:00 +0000

Is there any information out there on how the US government influenced the Chinese dismantling of its rural health system in the post-Mao era, particularly under Bush 1?

By: Georgina Listing

Georgina Listing — Thu, 05 May 2011 11:23:20 +0000

This article will help raise raise awareness for people regarding the abortion issue. This has been a big issue for countries around the world, not only in America and China. Georgina's Last Post: Missed Period

By: susan

susan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:01:42 +0000

sorry I wrote too long and have to split into several pieces…

By: susan

susan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:00:51 +0000

The third point I want to mention is though so much being said, though we think "America is not helping China's Abortion problems", America does have some valuable experiences that we can learn from, such as the humane spirit, the shared religious belief (though somewhat divided), a good system to caring for those with such need, and a better health education. This reminds me of the film Juno, the way they deal with this matter depicts the humane side of American society, and the result is satisfying. Adoption may be a solution, we need to further explore.

By: susan

susan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:00:27 +0000

Abortion in China is more of a problem in cities than rural areas, just as the report you mentioned by experts here. Pre-screening is carried out in rural areas as well, yet mostly for the aim of checking the gender, and then decide whether hospitalized or family delivery. Abortion is not an option for most of the peasants, for one thing, abortion needs money and not covered in the NCMS; for another, the cost of raising a child in rural areas is not so high as that of urban, and probably the female children can also earn money to support male ones; and to some, abortion is immoral. But in cities, it is another completely different scenario, with the number of juveniles on the rise, and it's not optimistic.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:59:27 +0000

And I also clicked into the links, the story of Baby soup thing gave me a total shock at first. Yet afterwards, when I check for the authenticity of this article, I found it so hard to be convinced. This article was in the Letter column from a Korean media (Korea has the record of being hostile to China), and the information provided is, to a large extent, very vague (probably the reporter will defend by saying "protecting testifier" blabla), what's more, there is only one testifier whose identity are yet to verify. The article quoted a local reporter saying this is "arising from Chinese being taking too much attention in health", which I will not agree and don't see the logic in that. Then the pics look real, yet it doesn't look like a typical Chinese restaurant, and the knife they use is also not typical here. Then I googled, and found not many reports on this matter, and this is almost the only one being quoted everywhere and has aroused certain sensation against Chinese. No one can tell whether or not this is another "Blood libel"(grand new to me, not sure whether using it correctly) by some people with malicious intention.

By: susan

susan — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:58:44 +0000

First of all, thank you for writing this great article, and I will certainly forward it to my friends~ not only for that it presents abundant and useful information, but also I was deeply impressed by your "unbiasedness", which is rare, if I may say so, among foreign reporters nowadays. To be honest, Western Media used to equal "justice and truth" to me until recent years, esp. during Tibet event, when they published false reports and pics intentionally while under the name of "revealing the truth"! What's worse, some of these media are among the most influential ones, thus hardly can we imagine the consequence. This is why I admire your objectivity, though being a cool-headed "third-person" is not always an easy job~

By: Paul Responds to Recent Article on Abortion «Asia Health Care Blog

Paul Responds to Recent Article on Abortion «Asia Health Care Blog — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:24:03 +0000

[...] Paul Steele has contributed several stories to AHCB, including the popular China Quarantine Blog. He has also published essays in Japanese dealing with issues of sexual violence in Japanese culture. Below he responds to my recent essay [How] America is Exacerbating China's Abortion Problems. [...]