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Cultural Sex Selection: No Harm, No Foul?
Emily Willingham asks an important question as to whether the apparent cultural preference toward having a male child in the family among Asian-Americans represents a harm--either to Asian-American girls, or simply to women generally. I'm inclined to think the latter. But we'll let you decide: A New York Times story... (read the rest)
China Gets It...Why Doesn't The US?
The Wall Street Journal reports today that China is aiming to improve its health care infrastructure, to expand health insurance for all, and is starting a "decade-long plan to repair an ailing health-care system that has fueled popular discontent." Gee whiz...what a novel idea. Health care reform as a way... (read the rest)
Chinese Doctors: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
The Chinese government is cracking down on smoking--among one of its most heavily using populations: physicians. Yes, according to Reuters, more than 50% of China's male MDs smoke cigarettes. Now the government is asking them to set an example for their patients by kicking the habit. While this is only... (read the rest)
Stem Cell Treatment Tourism Reported on the Local News!
Southern Illinois Man Seeks Stem Cell Cure in China. That's the headline. From KFVS12, Live from the Heartland. Meanwhile, Midwesterners are raffling off big ticket items to make it possible for Chuck Melton, sufferer of a spinal cord injury, to make multiple trips to China, to receive umbilical cord stem... (read the rest)
Contaminated Chinese Milk Turns Deadly...For Company Execs
Two men responsible for the melamine contamination scandal in China, Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping, were given the death penalty by the Chinese government today and the company's chairwoman, Tian Wenhua, was given life in prison for being responsible for the melamine-contaminated milk responsible for killing six children and hundreds... (read the rest)
Birthing, competitive and constrained
Following up on the babies-as-luxury-items thread... NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday recently ran a piece about "competitive birthing." The short story: the last decade has seen large families become status symbols for wealthy couples. In other words, babies have become another form of conspicuous consumption. Says one demographer who appears in... (read the rest)
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