June 23, 2006 Volume 8 / Number 24 Problems With the New Biopolitics Dear Colleague: An innovative proposal taking demographics into account has come from a new progressive publication. Unfortunately, it also advocates some bad old ideas. Steven W. Mosher President For some time now, liberal
India’s Missing Women Middle-class families determined to have male heirs, according to a survey of more than a million families, have aborted at least 10 million female babies in India in the past 20 years. The study by the British medical journal, The Lancet, also
Hu Jintao, dictator of Communist China, received all the trappings of a state visit in April from President Bush, who ignored China’s systematic human rights abuses beyond making some vague statements about “respecting human rights and the freedoms of the Chinese people.” As expected, Bush
April 21, 2006 Volume 8 / Number 16 Hu Gets the Red Carpet, the Rest Gets Ignored Dear Colleague: Yet more congressional testimony about China’s human rights abuses failed to dampen Chinese dictator Hu Jintao’s American reception, but Congressman Chris Smith made his point for
Britain’s Unwed Future Marriage seems to be becoming an obsolete concept while moral and religious values seem to be eroding quickly among the youth of the United Kingdom. According to the BBC, quoting the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the proportion of children born out
On February 14, I testified before the U.S. Congress. The occasion was a subcommittee hearing called by Congressman Henry Hyde (R.-Ill.), who chairs the International Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. My topic was China, and the question I posed to Congressman Dana
November 18, 2005 Volume 7 / Number 45 Dear Colleague: President Bush missed an opportunity to spotlight one of China’s most widespread and serious human rights abuses, but a very different politician did not. Steven W. Mosher President Abuse of Chinese Women and Children: Speak No
As the head of the China branch of the U.S. Census Bureau, John Aird watched in honor as the one-child policy unfolded in the early ’80s. He concluded that the Chinese family planning program was being carried out “against the popular will by means of
May 20, 2005 Volume 7 / Number 19 Dear Colleague: An influential doctor in India suggests that his country should force married couples to have one child apiece. India already has coercive aspects to her population control program. Will India follow China down the path
March 11, 2005 Volume 7 / Number 10 Dear Colleague: Hong Kong’s new interim chief executive wants his fellow citizens to have more children, but most in China’s gateway city have other ideas. Can he persuade them to do so? Steven W. Mosher President Pro-Natal
June 23, 2006 Volume 8 / Number 24 Problems With the New Biopolitics Dear Colleague: An innovative proposal taking demographics into account has come from a
India’s Missing Women Middle-class families determined to have male heirs, according to a survey of more than a million families, have aborted at least 10
Hu Jintao, dictator of Communist China, received all the trappings of a state visit in April from President Bush, who ignored China’s systematic human rights
April 21, 2006 Volume 8 / Number 16 Hu Gets the Red Carpet, the Rest Gets Ignored Dear Colleague: Yet more congressional testimony about China’s
Britain’s Unwed Future Marriage seems to be becoming an obsolete concept while moral and religious values seem to be eroding quickly among the youth of
On February 14, I testified before the U.S. Congress. The occasion was a subcommittee hearing called by Congressman Henry Hyde (R.-Ill.), who chairs the International
November 18, 2005 Volume 7 / Number 45 Dear Colleague: President Bush missed an opportunity to spotlight one of China’s most widespread and serious human rights
As the head of the China branch of the U.S. Census Bureau, John Aird watched in honor as the one-child policy unfolded in the early
May 20, 2005 Volume 7 / Number 19 Dear Colleague: An influential doctor in India suggests that his country should force married couples to have
March 11, 2005 Volume 7 / Number 10 Dear Colleague: Hong Kong’s new interim chief executive wants his fellow citizens to have more children, but