Sunday, August 05, 2007

Out with the Old, In with the New

China has eased up somewhat and is putting out more benign messages to get across the importance of its one-child policy. Among the older slogans, a few stand out:

- "Raise fewer babies but more piggies"

- "Houses toppled, cows confiscated, if abortion demand rejected"

- "One more baby means one more tomb."

Realizing that these may strike some as trite, they have opted for a more modish approach. Here are some of the refurbished ones:

- "The mother earth is too tired to sustain more children"

- "Both boys and girls are parents' hearts."

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