Even if the parents could afford the fine, “some chose never to let their kids ever forget it”, said Oliver. In the film China’s Stolen Children, for example, a father says: “Why did we name our child 20,000 yuan? “For the record, buying a life-size sex doll does not stop you from being alone,” said Oliver. In 2015, China ended the one child policy by instituting a two child policy, with similar propaganda and enforcement methods of fines and forced abortions. The policy enforcement “does suggest that the Chinese government still hasn’t learned the fundamental lesson here”, said Oliver.

Source: The Guardian October 07, 2019 14:03 UTC