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  2. Left-behind children in China - Wikipedia

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    In China, " left-behind children " ( simplified Chinese: 留守儿童; traditional Chinese: 留守兒童; pinyin: liúshǒu'értóng ), also called " stay-at-home children ", are children who remain in rural regions of the country while their parents leave to work in urban areas. In many cases, these children are taken care of by their extended ...

  3. Beijing New Century International Hospital for Children

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    The International Children's Hospital features services specifically designed for children and youth. In addition to full daily clinics in all of the major specialty areas, there are also focused programs in pediatric eye care and pediatric dentistry. This hospital has around 104 beds, including 95 beds for children and 9 beds for newborns.

  4. Son preference in China - Wikipedia

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    In China, the bias towards male over female offspring is demonstrated by the sex ratio at birth (SRB). [2] Key factors driving the son preference include the economic impact on families, since men are expected to care for their parents in old age, while women are not. [3] Further, Chinese agrarian society influences sex preference, as ...

  5. One-child policy - Wikipedia

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    The text reads "Planned child birth is everyone's responsibility." Birth rate in China, 1950–2015. The one-child policy ( Simplified Chinese: 一孩政策) was a population planning initiative in China implemented between 1979 and 2015 to curb the country's population growth by restricting many families to a single child.

  6. Life of the 'left behind' children in China - AOL

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    China's documentation system states that a child can only receive health care and schooling in the area where they were born and registered. China's government is currently working to assess and ...

  7. Healthcare in China - Wikipedia

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    Healthcare in China has undergone basic changes over the twentieth century and twenty-first century, using both public and private medical institutions and insurance programs. As of 2020, about 95% of the population has at least basic health insurance coverage. [1] Basic medical insurance includes two systems: employee medical insurance and ...

  8. China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation - Wikipedia

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    According to statistics, China currently has about 40 million poor children and 9.02 million stay-at-home children. China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, in order to fully grasp the information of stay-at-home children and children in difficulties, obtain and transmit children's needs and provide child welfare services, launched the care ...

  9. Shanghai Children's Welfare Institute - Wikipedia

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    Shanghai Children's Welfare Institute. Children's Welfare Institute ( CWI) is an orphanage located in Shanghai, China. It is the city's oldest and largest specialized state run orphanage and has been used by the central government as a model for orphanages throughout the country. [1] It was used as a showcase orphanage for China.