Conservatively; "There are 13 million abortions in China each year, compared to 20 million births"

Although the number is high, China's abortion rate of 24 per 1,000 woman of childbearing age, as the rate is usually calculated, is far from the top of the international list.
According to UN figures, Russia is highest with more than 50. The US has 15 and Spain just under 12.
China began restricting the number of children each couple can have in 1978. Officials say this has prevented 400 million extra births.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8175864.stm

Plague death toll rises in China

A third man has died of pneumonic plague in north-western China where a town of more than 10,000 people has been sealed off, officials say.
The 64-year-old man was a neighbour of the first two people to die from the plague in Ziketan in Qinghai Province.
Police have set up checkpoints around Ziketan, as medics are disinfecting the area and killing rats and insects.
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