In other non-metal, non-Nobel Prize news
Danielle picked up the link on her National Catholic Register Blog to the recent interview conducted by Melissa Chan for al Jazeera of a family that are victims of the family planning policy. I still cannot watch it, or say much about it in a public forum, even my own blog. It's always been a difficult subject for me, especially after moving here, but of course, even more so these past few years. My own experience is not anywhere near as violent as what that family, that mother, went through, so I feel guilty for my own grief. I really appreciate people like Danielle, who I know to be a very sensitive soul, to be able to watch the whole thing.
The policy is not one that is soon to go away, even with outrage that arises locally from stories like this. As Malcolm Moore reported in the Telegraph last month, more than one million government officials are employed in this department. Demographic warnings be damned; these are a lot of people to shift into different roles.
On a side note, someone commented on facebook disappointment that al Jazeera is the news network that produced this. Their coverage of China, led by Melissa Chan, has often been daring (check out her youtube channel to see video of her routinely getting in the faces of police and security people). Even if you have reservations about al Jazeera in general, Chan's reports from here (and recently from North Korea as well) have been outstanding and worth watching. And even though NPR has deservedly been receiving much negative attention, Louisa Lim has also been a tireless reporter of China news that does not always make it on flashier networks. She has recently filed stories about Chinese Christians, and three years ago she recorded a similar story to Chan's from Xiamen.
The policy is not one that is soon to go away, even with outrage that arises locally from stories like this. As Malcolm Moore reported in the Telegraph last month, more than one million government officials are employed in this department. Demographic warnings be damned; these are a lot of people to shift into different roles.
On a side note, someone commented on facebook disappointment that al Jazeera is the news network that produced this. Their coverage of China, led by Melissa Chan, has often been daring (check out her youtube channel to see video of her routinely getting in the faces of police and security people). Even if you have reservations about al Jazeera in general, Chan's reports from here (and recently from North Korea as well) have been outstanding and worth watching. And even though NPR has deservedly been receiving much negative attention, Louisa Lim has also been a tireless reporter of China news that does not always make it on flashier networks. She has recently filed stories about Chinese Christians, and three years ago she recorded a similar story to Chan's from Xiamen.
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