Chinese Lash Back on Rights

On March 13, China lashed at a U.S. report critical of its human rights record, accusing Washington of causing the modern world's "biggest human rights tragedy" in Iraq and of hypocrisy for passing judgment on other nations.

China's State Council, or cabinet, said the U.S. record on human rights was "tattered and shocking" and criticized America for its violent crimes, large prison population and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"The invasion of Iraq by U.S. troops has produced the biggest human rights tragedy and the greatest humanitarian disaster in the modern world," the council said in its report.

"It is high time for the U.S. government to face its own human rights problems with courage ... and give up the unwise practices of applying double standards on human rights issues and using it to suppress other countries."

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China May Dump Their One-child Policy

Once again Youth in Asia is a very controversial topic...

Concern about an aging population has brought about talks in China to scrap their one-child policy.

The world's most populous nation has enforced rules to restrict family size since the 1970s. Regulations vary but usually limit families to one child, or two in the countryside.

The policies were put in place to ease the strain on water, land and other resources. However, the traditional concept of larger families caring for the elderly is one of many reasons the government is contemplating revising the current family planning laws.

China has vowed to slap heavier fines on wealthy citizens who flout these laws, in response to the emergence of an upper class willing to pay standard fines to have more children.

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