This one-child thing needs to stop

China's population is aging rapidly, their government said today, though its leaders are refusing to relax strict family planning controls that are part of the cause. Also, the Chinese have been able to stop foot-binding but they haven't stopped dumping unwanted baby girls, and those autocrats at the top of the heap seriously need to make some changes - a good compromise may be to let couples have a second child if their first one is a girl, and if there are twins, they should be allowed to keep both. Amy Chua may be a horrible parent to her children but even she wouldn't abort either of them simply because they're girls. In fact, she has three younger sisters and none of them were aborted on account of their gender.