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Alien abductee
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The families that have more than one child, and aren't allowed to, are often the ones that send a son or daughter to live with relatives, which is why some kids may refer to a sibling as a cousin. Many children grow up away from their parents (usually because they had to move for work) and some of them know their grandparents (who raised them) far better than they know mom and dad (who they might only see on holidays). I've had students where the entire family (aside from the father) was composed of females. four or five daughters, and in one case I met a student who has seven sisters! Talk about bad luck  |
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Piper2
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| Shroob wrote: |
There are exemptions to the one child policy, quite a few.
Off the top of my head the ones I have heard about (not saying they are real, but just Chinese people have told me):
If you are a minority.
If the first born is a girl and you live in the countryside.
If you live in the countryside.
If you live in Shanghai.
And...if you can pay the fine. |
| Alien abductee wrote: |
| The families that have more than one child, and aren't allowed to, are often the ones that send a son or daughter to live with relatives, which is why some kids may refer to a sibling as a cousin. Many children grow up away from their parents (usually because they had to move for work) and some of them know their grandparents (who raised them) far better than they know mom and dad (who they might only see on holidays). I've had students where the entire family (aside from the father) was composed of females. four or five daughters, and in one case I met a student who has seven sisters! Talk about bad luck |
Sounds like Shanghai is a haven for larger families  The rule as I heard it from a Shanghainese person is a married couple in Shanghai who both have a Shanghai HuKou and are both an only child are allowed to have a second child. This has been talked about in Shanghai for years but has become official since April this year.
Apparently many people from poorer regions ignore the one-child policy. They may avoid fines by not registering children or sending them away etc. I have heard however, that a lot of the time the local government is powerless to enforce the policy because the reality is the people are too poor to pay any fine and fines are the only punishment.
They do not need to live with a cousin to call him/her bother or sister. Often Chinese will refer to non-family as bother or sister or older brother or older sister to show friendship or respect. This friendly/respect thing happens with complete strangers as well. For example, an older woman or man might be called an aunt or uncle or grandmother or grandfather. I have been told they use either the maternal or paternal forms of address for non-family, it makes no difference. |
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