China's 1-child policy makes exceptions for families affected by deadly earthquake

[dkf]

Chinese officials said Monday that the country's one-child policy exempts families with a child killed, severely injured or disabled in the country's devastating earthquake.

Those families can obtain a certificate to have another child, the Chengdu Population and Family Planning Committee in the capital of hard-hit Sichuan province said.

With so many shattered families asking questions, the Chengdu committee is clarifying existing one-child policy guidelines, said a committee official surnamed Wang.

"There are just a lot of cases now, so we need to clarify our policies," said Wang, who declined to elaborate.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/05/1child_policy_has_exceptions_a.php

[Eurobabe]

1. Gee, that's big of them.

:eyes:

[dkf]

2. Isn't it sad though? We are so threatened by China

nowadays that I don't think we appreciate how awful its been for them.

[SoCalDem]

3. What impressed me was the orderliness of the tent cities..

and the relative speed with which their government sprang into action.. Those people are being sheltered, fed and medically tended to...not herded onto buses with families scattered all over the country.