Category: China

By Sarah Terzo Chinese nurse “Chi An” had a job enforcing the one-child policy in China. She emigrated to the United States and wrote a book about her experiences. In this quote, she describes coercing women to abort their “illegal” children. “The unpleasant part began in the second half of January and was an unending …

By Sarah Terzo The following case was discussed on NPR: “Liang Yage and his wife Wei Linrong had one child and believed that – like many other couples – they could pay a fine and keep their second baby. Wei was seven months pregnant when 10 family planning officials visited her home on April 16. …

By Sarah Terzo The following case was discussed on NPR: “Liang Yage and his wife Wei Linrong had one child and believed that – like many other couples – they could pay a fine and keep their second baby. Wei was seven months pregnant when 10 family planning officials visited her home on April 16. …

In 2014, before giving birth, Zeynebhan Memtimin was taken by authorities to a hospital in Hotan prefecture. When she learned she was going to be forced into an abortion, she somehow managed to escape and was able to give birth to her baby. Read the whole story.

By Cassy Fiano-Chesser  Radio Free Asia has reported that a Uyghur woman who fled a Xinjiang hospital in 2014 to escape a forced abortion has died in prison. She was allegedly imprisoned for that very action. In 2014, before giving birth, Zeynebhan Memtimin was taken by authorities to a hospital in Hotan prefecture. When she …

By Reggie Littlejohn March 8 marks International Women’s Day, in which the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its supposed empowerment of women, who Mao once famously said “hold up half the sky.” The reality for many women in China, however, is far different. The disturbing video of a woman, chained by the neck, wearing thin clothing …

By Sarah Terzo According to a story in the Vancouver Sun, a Chinese woman underwent a forced abortion where the baby was born alive. Seeking asylum in Canada, she told her story to the board determining whether she would be allowed to stay. According to the Vancouver Sun: She told the board she underwent a forced …

By John Stonestreet & Kasey Leander After more than 35 years of various versions of its “the one-child policy,” which experts estimate cost the country between 200 and 400 million lives, China is attempting an about-face.  Back in 2015, the government “officially” ended the one-child policy by allowing couples to have up to two children …