Tag Archives: children

There’s a void called the countryside – visions of dying village life

Posted on 2013-02-28 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Migrant workers tend to be presented as an anonymous mass, and thought of either as … Continue reading →

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“Black kid’s happy life” in Shenyang orphanage

Posted on 2012-10-26 by Barry van Wyk

On the front page of Shenyang Evening News (沈阳晚报) from the capital of Liaoning province today is a large picture and profile of a four-year-old mixed-race child — the “happy black kid” of the headline who ended up in a Shenyang orphanage after he … Continue reading →

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The year of the breastfeeding flash mob in China – a father’s account

Posted on 2012-10-18 by Sascha Matuszak

This has been the year of the flash mob in China, the breastfeeding flash mob to be exact. In May, August and September of this year, Chinese mothers bared their breasts in public to help galvanize a tiny yet growing … Continue reading →

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Children chained to a wall by parents working at Guangzhou construction site

Posted on 2012-10-17 by Barry van Wyk

What do you do when you have two children but no-one to look after them and not enough money to put them in kindergarten? The New Express Daily (新快报) from Guangdong has a picture on its front page today showing what happened … Continue reading →

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Nine out of ten high school students in Xiamen have bad eyesight

Posted on 2012-09-29 by Barry van Wyk

Kids in Xiamen are apparently some of the unhealthiest in China. As the Haixia Daobao (海峡导报) from Xiamen reports today, nine out of every ten children in Xiamen have eyesight problems, two out of ten are obese, and rates of malnutrition and tooth … Continue reading →

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Breast feeding rebels in China

Posted on 2012-03-06 by Sascha Matuszak

Chengdu, China — A peaceful parental counter-movement is growing that is beginning to question the popular reliance in China on medically assisted births and infant formula, as well as the Tiger Mom ethos that puts children through the educational grinder. They … Continue reading →

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Mothers ask for c-sections to send their children to school early

Posted on 2009-08-21 by Eric Mu

City Evening News: Mothers in Changchun and Chongqing take c-sections to send their children to school early

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