China's Population Control Policies And Mr Zyang Yimou

EDM number 939 in 2013-14, proposed by Jim Dobbin on 13/01/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Human rights and Population.

That this House notes with profound concern the 7.5 million yuan fine imposed by the Chinese authorities upon Mr Zyang Yimou, the Director of the spectacular opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, simply for having a third child; further notes the severity of the demographic crisis which China's one-child policy has bequeathed the Chinese people; and calls on the Government to intervene in Mr Yimou's case and to stress with the Chinese government the repugnance of all civilised nations at the compulsory abortion, infanticide and sterilisation of women that have been a feature in practice of their draconian population control policies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.