China Faces Future as Land of Boys
Robert Marquand writer of The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Science Monitor
The city tabloids loved it when Chinese pop singer Na Ying got pregnant this spring. But the real buzz came once it leaked that Ms. Na, who lives with a famous former soccer player, took an ultrasound exam and let on that she is expecting a boy.
Gossip columns ran side by side with official editorials stating that Ms. Na's ultrasound was illegal - even if done only for curiosity.
Na's test came amid new efforts in China, including a ban on ultrasound tests, to reduce the country's increasing gender imbalance. The "one child" policy and an old cultural preference for male heirs have encouraged use of ultrasounds to identify and abort female fetuses.
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Article title: China Faces Future as Land of Boys.
Contributors: Robert Marquand writer of The Christian Science Monitor - Author.
Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor.
Publication date: September 3, 2004.
Page number: 1.
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