The Price of a Child in China: $8,700

In the May 12th earthquake 7,000 classrooms collapsed in China, killing 10,000 children. Parents from some towns and villages are persistently protesting and the ruling party has offered to buy them off. The villagers view the school collapses as a major failure from the government — without the substandard construction, how many might have lived? This is [...]

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