She was recently in the U.S. promoting sales of the book. The modern technology of ultrasound, which can determine the sex of a baby in the womb, is being used indirectly to kill many baby girls in China. Many families want only boys, and each year millions of women undergo abortions to kill baby girls. When abortion fails, infant girls are sometimes abandoned to die. Some observers fear a massive shortage of wives for a hundred million Chinese men within the next few years.
Abortion is also unsafe for women.
The Chinese legislature has passed a controversial new law to control marriage and births. It was originally proposed in 1993 and caused widespread international criticism and comparison to policies pursued by Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany. International tobacco companies say they can still make money in this lucrative market by sponsoring special events and broadcasts. The ban, which was to go into effect in February, also requires tobacco companies to put health warnings on advertisements. China's 300 million smokers consume 1.8 trillion cigarettes a year.