Often China & Japan Related.
China’s image has long been tarnished by the West, and in particular the US, for its National Family Planning Policy which began in 1979. Human rights magazines and groups constantly profile isolated incidents of forced abortions, sterilizations and other horror stories. However, after living in China for nearly a year and doing a lot of research on China, I have found these cases to be exactly that, isolated. They are few and far in between and officials who commit these admittedly horrific offenses face severe punishment.
Being back in the land of total craziness, I feel the need to defend and promote a nationalized and standardized family planning policy even more so. And as the Olympics approach and in the wave of some bad publicity and riots from some overly strict and brutal officials in Guangxi Province, the government has decided to try to clean up the image of the national family planning system in China. They are starting to do this by working on their slogans. So, according to the China Daily now instead of “Raise fewer babies but more piggies” we will start seeing “Both boys and girls are in parents’ hearts.” It might be a small step, but if done correctly it could have a serious impact on how rural villagers perceive not only on having fewer children but also on wanting both male and female children.
If it is done right.