China Edits its One-baby Slogan

[pioneer]

<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk">BBC News</a>

China has decided to tone down some of the slogans used to promote its one-child policy, in a bid to make them sound less threatening.

Some posters used in rural areas will be banned, such as one which read "One more baby means one more tomb."

A list of 190 acceptable slogans is being issued instead.

Chinese authorities believe the strong language of some slogans is harming the image of the one-child policy, in place since 1979 to limit population growth.

The official Xinhua news agency explained the decision of the National Population and Family Planning Commission as "an effort to win more understanding to the country's population control policy."

Largest population

It gave examples of "low quality" slogans posted on rural banners or the internet: "Raise fewer babies but more piggies", "Houses toppled, cows confiscated, if abortion demand rejected" and "One more baby means one more tomb."

Among the new slogans recommended are "The mother earth is too tired to sustain more children" and "Both boys and girls are parents' hearts."

China's 28-year-old family planning policy limits most urban couples to just one child and allows some families in the countryside to have a second child if their first is a girl.

Critics say it has led to forced abortions, sterilizations and a dangerously imbalanced sex ratio due to a traditional preference for male heirs, which has prompted some families to abort female foetuses in the hope of getting boys.

China has the largest population in the world - 1.3bn in 2005 - and says its policies have helped limit its growth rate.

[Melrose]

Sa akong nahibaw-an, pag myembro sa minority group, pwede man daghan og anak. Sa Zhounghou (ang native name sa China) adunay 55 minority groups. Didto sa Guangxi Autonomous Region, ang mga pamilya didto daghan man og anak. Kasagaran nga usa ra ang anak mao ang myembro sa majority.

[pioneer]

Kung ikaw papilion, Snowhite, pila kabuok gusto nimo nga anak? 4 or 7?

[Melrose]

nindot unta og duha.  (naa na bayay mga ngan akong future kids. hehehe!)  that's the safest para nako. kay matud pa sa UNFPA, safest birth spacing is 3 years and at 35 years at risk na ang mama. sa akong kwenta duha na lang pwede nako.  ikaw mike? pila man imong anak. basin 1... 1 ka dosena. o kaha 18 pareha ni dolphy? 

[buenavista]

maghimo siguro og team sa basketball si Mikehehehe

[Lorenzo]

Tinuud ba ka? Naa diay si Dolphy 18 anak? daghana pood..

[G@Len]

back to the topic, sa akoa nahibal-an sa former kauban nako didto, pwde man daw "more than one" maybe duha ra tngali pud basta ang papa nimo naka-serve sa government (or military) or both parents mga only-child.

[buenavista]

Tinuud ba ka? Naa diay si Dolphy 18 anak? daghana pood..

yes,sa nagkalain-lain na inahan...

[Lorenzo]

^ Talk about "sowing your seeds" huh? LOL.

Back to the topic: I wouldnt worry too much on China as their growth index in population is at a healthy .6%, which is good for a sustained growth. The country that should be a concern is India. Its a country with a higher wealth disparity, as well as it has a population of 1.1 billion and growing unchecked at 1.6%. In 1-2 decades, they'll surpass China as the most populous country in the world.