Bonus Offered by Chinese Officials to Name Kids After Mother's Last Name

A new report has highlighted an unusual attempt to address the traditional preference for sons in China after it emerged that Chinese parents are being offered cash rewards to give their newborn children the mother's last name. Women who marry in China keep their own surnames, but their children almost invariably take the father's name and ensure its continuation into the next generation. Now officials in Changfeng county in the eastern province of ...

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