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Major Nikon

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1. Last October I spent 10 days touring China

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Original post)

Tue Apr 23, 2013, 05:22 PM

Apr 2013

I spoke to the tour guide extensively about this issue. The one child policy is not as simple as it may seem. It doesn't apply to some, and if you are rich you can just pay the tax and have as many kids as you want.

He said that in the cities, female children are actually preferred because if you have a daughter you have no worries. If you have a son you must start saving money as soon as they are born. Grandparents start saving too. Without an apt and a car, your son can't get married.

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