Every year, about a million girl fetuses are aborted and tens of thousands of girl babies are abandoned in China because of the country's one-child policy.
On the garbage dumps that surround Beijing, scavengers from time to time will find a newborn baby girl amid the stinking refuge. Sometimes the babies are still alive. Chen Rong makes her living from scavenging garbage, and over the years she has found five little girls on the tips. She brought them all home to her one-room brick shack and she and her husband try to give them a chance.
In China, couples are permitted one, at most two, children. Too frequently a girl is a disappointment. Every year, researchers say a million girl foetuses are aborted and tens of thousands of girl babies are abandoned. "One baby died before we even got her home," says Mrs Chen. "Another garbage scavenger had taken her clothes and then left her to die. "I was the only one who would pick her up. I couldn't bear to see her die.
"Parents shouldn't throw away their children. This shouldn't be happening."
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