“Having eight children is impressive wherever you might be, but in the People’s Republic of China it’s simply unheard of. But a couple from Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, have somehow managed to break the nation’s strict one-child policy by spending nearly a million yuan ($160,000) on two surrogate mothers who bore them four boys and four girls. The incident has highlighted both the use of birth surrogates, a violation of Chinese law, and how wealthy Chinese seem to do as they please, with scant regard for the rules that constrain others. The most common reaction, though, has been simple disbelief.” w/ photos
