Violators of China's One-Child Policy 'Tortured'
Daniel Bardsley (Foreign Correspondent)
Last Updated: Jan 2, 2011
BEIJING // Ding Yanhong's two-year-old son is a handful, never keeping still and determined to run away the moment his mother's eyes are turned.
Perhaps it is no surprise then that Mrs Ding and her husband have decided Chuanyu will be their one and only child. However, it is not just Chuanyu's incessant scampering and demands that led the Beijing couple to this conclusion.
Financial factors, including living costs and the "social maintenance fee" imposed by the authorities if she decides to have a second child, also played a part.
"Because of the everyday payments and the government payment, we prefer not to have two children," said Mrs Ding, noting that the fee amounts to more than 10,000 yuan (Dh5,564).
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