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Xiaorong Li
Li Xiaorong is a human rights researcher who specializes in reproductive rights and gender issues in developing nations. She taught philosophy at People's University in Beijing.
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China’s Aborted Openness
Xiaorong Li Series: China World 2005-10-24China’s state-run Xinhua news agency recently reported on a government investigation into a string of forced sterilizations and abortions in the village of Linyi, Shandong province. The speed of the investigation – said to have begun days after the kidnapping of Chen Guangcheng, a blind activist who had been a public advocate for the victims – and the candor of the report created the impression of greater government responsiveness and bolder official media. Is this impression right?... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 24853
