Thanks Mayor.

I've heard that about a hundred times.

I couldn't understand why any country that managed to pull that off would be so stoopid as to let it lapse.

The mayor is right. It seems every Chinese couple I know consists of parents born in the early '80s, so they're all having 2 kids because they can. Whenever I first asked them how they can legally do that, the answer was always "It's allowed now."

Technically, the law is still on the books. But in reality, after factoring in everyone who is exempt (farmers, minorities, people who live in special regions, sibling-less parents, foreign-born kids, twins, handicapped first-borns) plus the growing number of Chinese who are so rich they can pay any fine or bribe to get their way, there are only about a dozen couples left who are actually affected by the rule.

And, coincidentally, they all like Chairman Mouse.

:mg: :lol2:

Well, I happen to know one of those dozen couples. Wife accidentally got pregnant with the second, and they refused to abort. Husband worked for the government; he lost his job and they burned his house down. (Why they don't just evict them and give the house to a different state worker, I don't know. Symbolism or whatnot.) All this happened earlier this year.

And let's not forget the thousands upon thousands of babies that are suddenly no longer allowed to be adopted out internationally. The government says they are all being adopted domestically now. Sure they are.

Maybe the government didn't own the house. After all, they just can't take a citizen's house away, people have rights.





They just burn it down. :rolleyes:

Full name: Mao Tse Tung ... alternate spelling ... Mao Ze Dong ... Ahhh, now I understand ... Mouse See Dong ... a simply play on words. Perfect.

I thought it was mousey dung.

That is a picture of Obama on the Great Wall of China?

Mickey is 81 today.

:lol: