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05/24/2008: "Chinese government repatriates "economic migrant" partner in any Chinese couple"

Take Sun Hwa (not her real name), a seven-year old girl, for example. She was born in China, to a Chinese father and a North Korean mother. Under Chinese law, she is entitled to Chinese nationality at birth.

But it wasn't until a few months ago that she was registered under the Chinese household registration system or hukou. Sun Hwa's father had faced two terrible options: registering her at the risk of exposing her North Korean mother, who could then be arrested and repatriated, or not registering her, and thus denying his daughter a legal identity and legal access to education.

The concerns faced by Sun Hwa's parents are not unfounded. For years, China has been arresting and summarily repatriating many North Korean women living with Chinese men, including those with children.

[ We hear very little of China's eugenic policies because, although it conveniently demonizes China, it also brings the idea of eugenics forward in western nations. ]

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/kay_seok/2008/05/unusual_cruelty.html