Chinese Babies Stolen By Government, Sold Abroad

[real6]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8130900.stm

Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.

An investigation by the state-owned Southern Metropolis News found that about 80 girls in one county had been sold for $3,000 (£1,800).

The babies were taken when the parents could not pay the steep fines imposed for having too many children.

Local officials may have forged papers to complete the deals, the report said.

Unpopular policy

Parents in rural areas are allowed two children, unlike urban dwellers who are allowed one.

But if they have more than that, they face a fine of about $3,000 -several times many farmers' annual income.

The policy is deeply unpopular among rural residents, says the BBC's Quentin Somerville in Beijing.

Nearly 80 baby girls in a county in Guizhou province, in the south of the country, were confiscated from their families when their parents could not or would not pay the fine, Southern Metropolis News said.

The girls were taken into orphanages and then adopted by couples from the United States and a number of European countries.

The adoption fee was split between the orphanages and local officials, the newspaper said.

Child trafficking is widespread. A tightening of adoption rules for foreigners in 2006 has proved ineffective in the face of local corruption.

[pri01]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8130900.stm

Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.

An investigation by the state-owned Southern Metropolis News found that about 80 girls in one county had been sold for $3,000 (£1,800).

The babies were taken when the parents could not pay the steep fines imposed for having too many children.

Local officials may have forged papers to complete the deals, the report said.

Unpopular policy

Parents in rural areas are allowed two children, unlike urban dwellers who are allowed one.

But if they have more than that, they face a fine of about $3,000 -several times many farmers' annual income.

The policy is deeply unpopular among rural residents, says the BBC's Quentin Somerville in Beijing.

Nearly 80 baby girls in a county in Guizhou province, in the south of the country, were confiscated from their families when their parents could not or would not pay the fine, Southern Metropolis News said.

The girls were taken into orphanages and then adopted by couples from the United States and a number of European countries.

The adoption fee was split between the orphanages and local officials, the newspaper said.

Child trafficking is widespread. A tightening of adoption rules for foreigners in 2006 has proved ineffective in the face of local corruption.

We humans are quite the currency worldwide. Sold as babies to rich folk and celebrities, sold as children to paedophiles, sold as slaves to governments and rich folk, sold as sex slaves, sold as organ donors, sold for medical research to further make more money. Then when you are dead, they will sell your house to pay for your care in an inhumane environment called a care home. Then they will charge your loved ones for the privilage of disposing of your remains in the manner that they deem fit. Also costing a lot of money. Altogether, I now have a different view of the term human resources. We are all a financial resource, from the day we are born until the day we die.

[lizzy]

^^^ really well said pri01.all true.....and the chinese experience will be ours next.

[anyuser]

This article made me sick.

[gilly]

This is so sick, I could weep.

I remember years ago being shocked, on reading an article in the Daily Mail about how the Chinese don't value famale children, and see them as a burden. They're a burden because of the way their society's managed! It showed a photograph of a tiny baby girl lying dead on a busy street, and people were literally stepping over her without a glance, as though they were striding over a discarded Mars Bar wrapper.

That these children referred to in the OP were evidently wanted and loved by theor families, and were wrenched away in this monstrous manner is absolutely soul destroying.