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Commentary: Making enforcement of China's birth control policy fair (3) |
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18:51, July 13, 2007 |
When a couple''s assets and earnings are clarified, officials can then take targeted action in collecting unpaid fines.
Second homes, vehicles, bank accounts, securities and all the other concrete trappings of wealth and privilege belonging to the couple and to any companies or businesses they hold should be seized or frozen until the fines are paid.
Deadlines for payment must be set, and if they are not met, those assets should be publicly auctioned off till the value of the fine is met. This would not only allow justice to be done, but allow justice to be seen to be done.
Can a populous developing country like China risk the idea that a couple can have as many children as they can afford?
The birth rate in China stands at 1.7 to 1.8 percent, or eight million to ten million births a year.
The country faces a population rebound in next five years when most couples will be comprised of only children who will be allowed to have two children themselves.
Fortunately, public awareness of family planning is improving.
More people, especially the urban middle class, are reluctant to marry early and have a child because they want to enjoy life with such responsibilities and in the countryside more realize that an only child can have a better upbringing.
Source: Xinhua
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