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A report on the famous
news channel CNN de-
scribed how Gao Xiao
Duan had given evidence
before the USA Senate
Foreign Relations
Department. Gao said
that he had felt like a
"monster" during the 14
years he served, and
among the evidence he
offered was a video cas-
sette showing a center
where women were
forced to undergo abor-
tions. Scenes from the
video can be seen on the
CNN web site.

skull, and the child died and was thrown into the trash can. 53
Another example of children being killed was an incident in the
Caidian village in the province of Hubei, which was reported in the
world media despite the restrictions on news and communications in
China. The Times carried the story, which horrified the whole world:

China has been shaken by one of the most horrifying cases of official
infanticide in recent memory after family planners drowned a healthy
baby in front of its parents… She [the baby's mother] was forcibly in-
jected with a saline solution to induce labor and kill the child.
However, the baby was born healthy, to the surprise of family plan-
ning officials who had ordered the injection, which ordinarily de-
stroys the infant's nervous system. Immediately after the birth, they
ordered the father to kill the child outside the hospital. He refused
to obey but was so scared of further punishment that he left the crying

baby behind in an office building, where it was found by a doctor
shortly afterwards. The doctor took the baby back to the hospital and

Communist China’s Policy
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