A Stitch in Haste

The supposed "economic miracle" of China's "new capitalism" doesn't do you much good if you've been forcibly aborted:

China's family planning agency admitted that officials in the eastern province of Shandong had carried out forced abortions and sterlisations, state media reported.
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Time magazine last week reported that at least 7,000 people in Shandong were forcibly sterilised earlier this year by officials under pressure to limit the growth of the country's massive population.
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It further reported that the lawyers alleged that several villagers were beaten to death while under detention for trying to help family members avoid sterilisation.
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China on Saturday said it would maintain its one-child policy.

The high-ranking Communists can disavow the atrocities of the low-ranking Communists all they want. It doesn't change the fact that the totalitarians inject themselves into the bedrooms of its citizens in ways that no amount of wealth and prosperity can offset.

Would you really rather be rich in China than poor in America?