The Eastern Turkistan Information Center report

NEW STAGE IN THE CHINESE COMMUNIST'S BIRTH CONTROL POLICIES TOWARDS NON-CHINESE ETHNIC GROUPS

[ETIC, 7/31/97] On July 25 in its broadcast on Australia, radio BBC reported that recently the Chinese president Jiang Zemin gave a speech in which he addressed the problem of the population increase in China.

He said:

"Each year about 22 million babies are born in China. At present, population of China constitutes 20% of the entire human race while the territory of China is only 7% of the World's.

Although some measures are being taken in the minority areas, implementation of the the communist party's family planning policies are not satisfactory there. From now on, it is necessary to enforce implementation of the birth control policies in the minority areas". [Ahmed Igemberdi, Adelaide]