Birth Control and Family Planning in China

THIS year, Women of China asked two 30-year-old women from the Yimeng mountain area in Shandong Province about their chosen methods of birth control. Both women reported using intrauterine devices (IUDs), which they had placed by local gynecologists at the hospital 40 days after giving birth. Are these women aware of other contraceptive methods? Some rural women tell us they know of other methods such as oral contraception, contraceptive implants and tubal ligation.     

Hospitals Promoting Breast-feeding

CHINESE mothers used to be satisfied enough if they could deliver their babies at a hospital, although there the newborn would be kept away from them in infant rooms for days after birth. "The new mother was not allowed to hold her baby in her arms and breastfeed it until at least 24 hours after delivery, as it was thought she needed to     

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Many women dream that one day they will have a wedding ring slid onto their finger by someone they dearly love, and they will happily spend the rest of their days with that person. My wife was no exception. When wewere preparing for our marriage, I asked what she wanted most. "A ring, an exquisite ring, for sure," she said excitedly. Taking her into my arms I said, "You'Ⅱ have it." Unfortunately I failed to keep my word. When we were just about to get married, my father contracted lung cancer. I spent nearly all of my savings and got into debt because of the hospital bills. Ten days after my father's death, my wife brought her luggage to my room. We pasted the character “喜”(double happiness) at the bedside and in the living room. It was autumn. "Now let it be the time to harvest our four years'love. "said she. Without any ceremony or guests, we got married. Thinking that my wife couldn't get the ring she craved for filled me with regret. That evening I held her tight, gently stroking her delicate     

The Changzhou Mode Hospital Worker Develops Therapy for Mental Patients

ON an autumn afternoon, I walked into the well-known De'an Hospital in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, and could hardly believe this neat and tidy compound was a mental hospital. The facility is famous for its methods for the prevention of mental illness and home therapy, which was initiated by Gu Hanping, president of the hospital. Gu, 39, has been praised by authoritative persons of the World Health Organization as the "Changzhou Mode in China." After I met this quick-minded woman, I no longer was surprised by the stories that had been told     

Nanjing Women——Trying to Keep Pace with Fashion

Let's observe Nanjing women in winter.The reason I choose this season isbased on a simple, objective fact:autumn and winter make up most of theyear in Nanjing. The dry, cold days lasta long time. The spring won't arriveuntil people wait long enough; then itslips away almost at a blink of the eyeto give way to the hot summer days. It is a February day. According tothe time of the year the seasonshould be early spring. Yet the     

Ma Junren's Track Team Stuns the World

At the Fourth World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Chinese runners, most Ma Junren's, triumphed. They won the gold in the 1,500, gold and silver in the 10,000 and swept the 3,000. Twenty-four days later at the National Games in Beijing, Ma's team broke many world records.     

Changing Perceptions of Marriage

IN a Beijing hospital a group of young women from Heze, Shandong Province, work as temporary employees. When the Beijing No. 1 Hospital Attached to Beijing Medical Sciences University was recruiting oddjob helpers in their hometown, these young rural women grasped the opportunity.     

Heaven's Eyes Were Open Again (A Folk Tale of the She Ethnic Nationality)

IN ancient times, the sky was as blue and clear as a large, round mirror. But one day a sudden gust of fierce wind blew in from the western sky and continued for days and days. On the ninth day, a cloud of smoke welled up from the west and covered the sun. The frightened people were left in terrible darkness. Yong Jian, a broad-shouldered youth who lived in Dongfeng Village at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain, made up his mind to remove the evil smoke and bring the sunshine back to the people. One day, Yong Jian met with an old man with a long beard. He told Yong Jian that there lived two nine-antler dragons in the western Shuanglong Mountain who had been preparing themselves for this moment for 9,990 years. The old man said that after the     

Flood Give's the Command For China Charity Association

Summer of 1998 IN total, the CCA has 23 staff members, of whom nine are women. One of the oldest staffers is Yang Tuan, the deputy chief of the Research and Exchange Specializing Department of the CCA. She has worked with the association since it was founded in 1994. During the days and nights of the 1998 flood relief emergency, her experience     

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The First Lady of the Obama, visited China for United States, Michelle seven days, from March 20-26, at the invitation of Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping.