Researchers may have ‘found’ many of China’s 30M missing girls
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There are many other documentaries and articles on unregistered children such as this:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/10/world/asia/china-second-child/
But ya, many girls in the countryside are hukou-free, unregistered, off the grid, non-persons, etc...China is trying to change this, the central gov would prefer everyone was registered, but local governments make too much money on family planning fines to give it up.
”The tax agency said about 20 percent of the vanished dependents were children who had been claimed as dependents by both parents after a divorce. Under the law, only one parent may claim the child as a deduction.
Most of the others probably never existed, John Szilagyi, an I.R.S. researcher, said. And some families apparently became quite greedy in creating dependents, each worth a $1,080 deduction in 1986, and $1,900 in 1987.
About 66,000 taxpayers who claimed four or more dependents in 1986 claimed none in 1987, after the Social Security identification rule went into effect. And more than 11,000 families claimed seven or more dependents in 1986, but none in 1987.”
So, big lie, you mean. -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie
In addition, nobody "makes" you get a green card.
You have to get a green card after your second work visa or go back home, that's the choice. Unlike other countries where you can work on a working visa indefinitely and never even qualify for permanent residency.
The same cops that would flush some weed down the toilet so you don't get thrown in jail or not give people drunk and disorderly tickets would be akin to a hospital's staff not registering a child so the family could try for a boy.
Every family has at least two children from where I grown up, even the official of the village. More like the case of speeding. You are not allowed, but you can get away with it, if the police are not there or feel it is better for him to not give you a ticket.
even a lot of Chinese are surprised when I talk about this with them. So be careful about the media's report. (they report what they think it is true, but might not)
It also helps bolster the war on women narrative. Here's one think tank that propagates the sex-selective abortion in China: [1]
Here's a mainstream article which gives a weak strawman argument then concludes there must be widespread sex-selective abortion in China: [ 2 ]
And this article goes even farther out on the line, saying the Chinese women were "forced" to abort their daughters, not using evidence to verify the theory, but using a piece of artwork by a French artist to propagate the idea visually: [3]
All of these stories must be critically considered in light of the new evidence by the Kennedy-Yaojiang paper. (and obviously we must also critically consider Kenney-Yaojiang).
[1] https://lozierinstitute.org/sex-selection-abortion-the-real-... [2] http://www.economist.com/node/15636231 [3] http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/10/opinion/zhang-terracotta-daugh...
I hope more research is done to quantify the number of unregistered births. I personally find 25 million unregistered out of 30 to 60 million estimated to be a bit high of a ratio.
And central planning works how exactly?
Anyway, to answer your question, the central planning works to reduce population growth.
Either outcome is a total failure of the ability of a repressive government to control its citizenry. One option is a moral failure, the other is a policy failure.