An unemployed Chinese couple has been accused of selling their newborn baby for 50,000 yuan (about $8000 USD) and then using the money to buy an iPhone, among other items.
Mr. Teng and Ms. Zhang, as they are been referred to in the Chinese media, are set to stand trial in Shanghai for auctioning off their child to the highest bidder.
Making matters worse, prosecutors say the couple ... [ read the full article ]
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In china you are allowed only one child this leads citizens in china to hide births and people and to sneak them out of the country any way possible for a better life and all though we don't condone what they did the latter could have been much worse the death of the child or worse imprisonment for having another child the whole story all though sad consider this.
"when china decided to make there megadam project nearly 2 million plus people where displaced and moved to new homes the problem is without the old ways of which these citizens where use to and the old ways which kept there families fed are now gone and people that where farmers and fishermen and even boat builders lost there jobs and there livelihood."
Look at the history before you judge someones actions or there resolve.
or as my friend puts it..
"who ever said money doesn't make the world go round has never been poor"
Hey........some people don't want kids and would rather have an IPhone or shoes........China shouldn't care because of their overpopulation and this just HELPED their situation.
At least the birthing parents knew that they didn't want kids and found a home, as opposed to those idiots out there that don't want kids or SHOULDN'T BE ALLOW TO HAVE THEM but then go ahead and have them anyway......like people in the ghetto.
Originally posted by hearme0: At least the birthing parents knew that they didn't want kids and found a home, as opposed to those idiots out there that don't want kids or SHOULDN'T BE ALLOW TO HAVE THEM but then go ahead and have them anyway......like people in the ghetto.
Hey the ghetto people sure as hell want the welfare the kid generates. Whether the kid sees a penny from it?
