Their father included Fan, Rong, Chang and Sheng, four words that when combined mean prosperous, in their names. They were the first quadruplets to be born in the county.
Both the mother and the babies, weighing from 1. Their father, Wang Yuxi, said doctors told him the probability of having all-male quadruplets was one in 3. He and his wife already have two daughters, one in primary school and the other only 1, and he wanted a boy on the third try. They are not wealthy, plus cesarean delivery can be dangerous for the mother," said Kang Guoliang, director of Dancheng Women and Children's Hospital.
But along with the happiness of welcoming four sons into the family, Wang faces the possibility of being fined for their birth. On May 31, China announced the third-child policy, allowing all couples to have up to three children, to cope with the problem of an aging society. It replaced the universal second-child policy, which was released in The idea behind the law is that ordinary citizens will look up to their local politicians and follow their family size example. Some local governments have gone a step further.
There are laws in some states that apply penalties to ordinary citizens for having more than two children. These disincentives include denying government rights to children born after the second child. They may also deny state-provided healthcare for mothers and children, including nutritional supplements for pregnant women. For fathers, there may be fines and jail time.
Penalties also include a general decrease in social services for large families and restrictions on government employment and promotions. Almost from the beginning, these laws have been questioned. People are quick to point out that India is a country with a booming technology industry , one that relies on young people. There are already well-documented problems with China's one-child policy.
Worst of all, there is a gender imbalance resulting from a strong preference for boys. Millions of undocumented children were also born to parents who already had one child. These problems could come to India with the implementation of a two-child policy.
Most importantly, there is increasing evidence that India's birthrate is slowing down to sustainable levels. In , the fertility rate was still a relatively high 3. By , that number had already fallen to 2. Some critics also claim that two-child policies are a way to discriminate against Muslims.
Since Muslims are more likely to have more than two children, they are also more likely to be barred from office. Muslim fertility rates are somewhat higher than Hindu fertility rates in India, which has created exaggerated fears that Muslims will take over the country.
A final criticism of two-child policies in India is that the laws violate women's rights. Chinese officials are still incentivized to strictly enforce birth limits, since their performance in this area plays a major role in determining their score in internal assessments, says Wu Youshui, a lawyer based in the eastern Zhejiang province who specializes in family planning-related cases.
As a result, state employers are inclined to take tough measures against staff who have more children than allowed. Children listen to their teacher at a kindergarten near Yunfu No. In September of last year, the former police officer tried to file a lawsuit for unfair dismissal at a local court, but the staff refused to take the case. The administrative decisions of state apparatuses do not fall under the scope of acceptable litigation cases handled by Chinese courts. The most frustrating moment of all came this past August, when officials from the local family-planning bureau visited Xie and Xue at home.
Included in the party was the civil servant who, less than a year previously, had assured Xue that his job would be safe once Nuannuan was born. When the couple confronted her about this, however, she denied the conversation had ever taken place. All bureaucracies have inertia: Their tendency is not to do things.
A woman holding a child walks past a slogan for family planning in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Nov. Xue finds it difficult to accept the way he has been treated. Prior to his dismissal, the bureau ordered him to sweep the streets as a form of punishment, which Xue found humiliating.
Most painful of all, he has been ostracized by his fellow officers — he says he has no reason why. All of my colleagues, I considered them my brothers. Xie remains at home looking after the children and recovering from her ordeal, which has taken its toll on her health. For now, Xue is trying to support the family by taking odd jobs, including tutoring local children. Last month, he sold his guqin, a traditional musical instrument, to raise some much-needed cash.
Former public security officer Xue Ruiquan, 44, poses for a photo at a park in Yunfu, Guangdong province, Nov. When he feels under pressure, Xue slips off to a local park by himself.
There, he sits and quietly draws, facing a small pond. Subscribe to our newsletter. By signing up, you agree to our Terms Of Use. Nanny Shi Xinmei, 51, recalled harsh enforcement of the policy in her home town of Zhumadian in Henan Province. Forced abortions continue even today. As recently as , there was a global outcry over bloody photos of a Chinese woman forced to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy after failing to pay a 40, yuan fine.
There were small compensations for those who fell in line. Sun and his wife both came from large families, with four and five siblings each, and wanted the same security for their daughter, choosing for her a husband from a family of five.
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