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Originally Posted by honeychile
We have to remember that the current Chinese culture is one of allowing only one child - so if your not-quite-as-desired daughter was selected to do ANYTHING by the government, it truly is an honor for that whole family. Hey, maybe the government even lets them have a second child!
All those who posted about their health and lack of muscle mass are completely on the money! When you see a healthy, 5'3" American teenager do a tumbling run, then a 4'6" Chinese preteen do one, who is more likely to step out of bounds? I feel sorry for those children, because they will probably never really mature properly and never learn the supposed real goal of the Olympics - sportsmanship.
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Re: the one-child thing, another messed up thing about China is that because families plan for only one child, it's been demonstrated that the number of boy babies being born is exceeding the number of girl babies (various cultural reasons - valuing a male heir, etc). Basically people are selectively aborting females.
It's been theorized that this will lead to massive social problems, starting NOW, in China.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5953508
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281722,00.html
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