DALLAS MAYOR VISITS CHINA
DOUBTS RAISED OVER H1N1 FIGURES
CHINAS EMISSION TARGET CUTS
HONG KONGS LIFE EXPECTANCY
YUNNAN MEDIA MONITORS
ELECTRICITY PRICE HIKE
JILIN CHEER SQUAD PREPARE FOR SEASON
CHINA'S AFRICAN TRADING PARTNERS

David Moser invites two academics to assess China's RMB revaluation, trade imbalance, intellectual property rights issues, and protectionism.

David Moser invites two academics to assess China's RMB revaluation, trade imbalance, intellectual property rights issues, and protectionism.

With its over 1.3 billion people, almost one fifth of humanity, China has had to take stringent measures to deal with its population explosion. For the past three decades, China's one-child policy has effectively prevented four hundred million births, a number greater than the entire U.S. population. In many ways, the policy seems to have worked: With fewer mouths to feed, poverty has fallen, living standards have improved dramatically, and China has become an economic power to be reckoned with. However, as a result of the one-child policy, China faces new problems: a looming demographic disaster as the population ages, social and psychological problems of the only-child generation, and criticism from overseas concerning human rights violations. After 30 years' of implementation, the government-established deadline for the policy is just around the corner, and a fierce debate rages over whether to keep the policy in place, or to abolish it.

Last week BON went out on the streets to ask about discrimination when looking for a job. While height and looks were a problem for some, in fact most people said they didn’t see it as a big problem. And China does have laws to that prohibit certain forms of discrimination – especially on grounds of gender or disability. But as Susan Tart now reports, there are other forms and China’s first genetic discrimination case is now before the courts.