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82:. Family members of those women who had refused sterilization were detained indefinitely until the women complied with the procedure. In some cases, the women themselves were detained. Over the course of the 20-day campaign, 1,377 people were detained. From April to June, over 9,000 women were reported to have been sterilized as a result of the campaign. 90:
News of the campaign did not make major headlines outside of local newspapers. He Yafu, an independent expert on family planning in China, suggested that the central government made an effort to conceal the results of the campaign because Chinese law specifically prohibited the means used to enforce
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In April 2010, a task force of approximately 600 local officials targeted 9,559 women who had violated the country's one-child policy. The women were required to report to government clinics to undergo
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it. Provincial officials have reported that the local Puning authorities will be investigated to determine the legality of their actions.
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described the campaign as "appalling" and voiced her opinion that "authorities must condemn this practice immediately".
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program conducted in the summer of 2010 by family planning officials in
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had diminished due to rapid economic growth in the area, as
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had become the most successful manufacturing region in the
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compulsory sterilization
Puning
Guangdong, China
One-child policy
Chinese government
one-child policy
Puning
Guangdong
People's Republic of China
sterilization
Kate Allen
Amnesty International







"Breaking China's One-Child Law"
"Chinese officials launch campaign to sterilise 10,000"


"China To Sterilise 10,000 To Curb Births"



"Chinese state holds parents hostage in sterilisation drive"
Categories
2010 in China

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