One Child Policy: What If One Child is Born Outside of China?

One Child Policy: What If One Child is Born Outside of China?
Jan 24, 2014 By eChinacities.com

A professor from the South China University of Technology has been fired for having two children and therefore violating the family planning laws of China. This isn’t that unusual, except that his first daughter was born in the US, has US citizenship and therefore he feels she should not be counted towards the one child policy. Further, there is an allowance in the law that states that persons who study abroad are allowed to have two children.

Professor Cai attended the Ohio State University in 2007 to obtain his PhD in chemistry. His wife, whom he met at university in China, accompanied him even though she was pregnant when they arrived in the US. Around Christmas that year she had their first daughter who, through birth, was given American citizenship.

The second daughter’s situation is the exact opposite of the first. Cai’s wife was pregnant in the US for the second time in 2009 but the child was born in China when the couple returned for Cai to begin working at the South China University of Technology.

Cai is currently appealing his expulsion claiming that he hasn’t broken any laws and that the dismissal was unfair.

Source: ifeng.com

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WCG

Following the same logic that they used in the story above, would my wife be barred from getting a job at a Chinese university then? Despite the fact that our children are not Chinese citizens? I mean, does it only apply if both parents are Chinese citizens, but their children are not? I think there's something missing from the article, like maybe they applied for a Hukou for the child born abroad in order to avoid the hassle of getting a Chinese visa and family residence permit for their first daughter while living in China. Otherwise, I don't see why this would be a problem. They probably tried to get her a hukou, then got slammed for it.

Jan 29, 2014 14:23 Report Abuse

sorrel

Hong Kong maternity hospitals and residents are complaining that many rich Chinese are using this loop-hole to have second and third children, and blocking up their hospitals for locals. While i agree the control of fertility is wrong, the fact that the wealthy are once again buying their way out is typical of the country.

Jan 27, 2014 01:42 Report Abuse

donnie3857

The one child policy is nothing more than a money making scam to bilk Chinese people out of there money. This guy was probably fired because the red envelope was not big enough.

Jan 25, 2014 13:06 Report Abuse

bigbshigo

well, officially the one child policy was there to save resources back in a time they were scarce and that excess supplies could be sold for profit as Deng Xiao Ping ushered in Capitalism... over time they made allowances for certain c=groups (minorities (to appease them since they get shafted in so many pother ways), handicapped children, farmers (who need a son to help) but then it was extended to those who had money and, in this case, overseas education, as the thought is that money or education means a benefit for china to become greater so more of those children would be better. Keep the poor from flooding the population with more needy children. Kinda actually makes sense... in a Chinese thinking way.

Jan 28, 2014 10:57 Report Abuse

coineineagh

Why is it, that when there is an unclear situation in China, that people always tend to decide against the rights of the individual? Whether it's an employee contract dispute or enforcing vague laws, you are assumed to be at fault and must fight bureaucracy for your rights.

Jan 24, 2014 22:08 Report Abuse

bill8899

Because ... this is China. Different rules here. Read between the lines?

Jan 25, 2014 13:03 Report Abuse