China bans weird baby names

China bans weird baby names

AAP | March 20 2006
ALREADY only allowed to have one child, Chinese parents may now face restrictions on what name they can give their baby.
China is planning to introduce new regulations on name registration because the government's computer database is unable to handle rare Chinese characters, state media reported today.
The Ministry of Public Security's name database for new electronic identity cards to be issued to China's 1.3 billion population in 2008 does not contain thousands of uncommon characters.
"We cannot handwrite rare characters on the cards like we did before," the China Daily quoted Bao Suixian, a deputy director at the Ministry of Public Security, as saying.
In China, there is a strong tradition of making up unique names for babies that carry hopes for their child's future.
Chinese parents often choose simple words such as "strength", "wisdom" and "bright" for boys and "serenity" and "beauty" for girls.
But they also like to choose words from ancient poems rarely used in the contemporary Chinese language.
Chinese computer databases often contain fewer than 27,000 Chinese characters while the Kangxi Dictionary, the authority on the language, contains 50,000 characters.
Chinese parents have already endured years of strict family laws following the introduction of a one-child policy in 1979 to limit the nation's population growth.

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Originally Posted by pisshead

China bans weird baby names

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If this were an anti-U.S. story it would start from Pissy with a neo-con, nazi, military industrial complex, freedom hater son of a bitch remark. China bans names for their kids and this is the best you can do? LAME!!!:smokin:

It reminds me of a terrible Joke....

I've always thought that China's limit of one-baby-per household is a good idea :thumbsup:

In the future, all babies (replacements) will be scientifically bred by "test-tube" methods in special facilities, and reared by professionals.

Of course, this will only be possible if the assholes don't destroy all human life on the planet first.

Anyone remember when Zappa tried to name his kid "radio"? The u.s. government said he couldn't do it, that it would hurt the babys future.
So he settled for "dweezle" and later "moon unit".
The u.s. isn't much different than China, especially after Waco.

U.S IS fuking wacko... at least china dont hide there dictatorship from its people

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Originally Posted by Breukelen advocaat

I've always thought that China's limit of one-baby-per household is a good idea :thumbsup:

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I agree, it is a good policy. I lived in Shanghai for a while and can tell you that, even with the 1 child policy, there are way too many people in China. Think of your local shopping mall the day after Thanksgiving. That's what it is like everyday, everywhere.

Not just China, there are too many people in the world. Kudos for the Chinese for actually seeing that they had too many people and doing something about it. Despite what we think about their methods of enforcing this law, the idea itself is a good one. People are out buying Hybrid Cars and recycling because they think its the enviromentally friendly thing to do. Then they go and have 6 kids. LOL.

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Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud

If this were an anti-U.S. story it would start from Pissy with a neo-con, nazi, military industrial complex, freedom hater son of a bitch remark. China bans names for their kids and this is the best you can do? LAME!!!:smokin:

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:D Come on psycho, quit picking on pissy. Attack the article not the messenger. Even if you are right about it. :D

Hey, the point is, one baby per family rule is ok, (fengzi sums it up well) but don't dare tell me what I can and cannot name my child. Especially just because the master computer doesn't contain enough characters. That's not my fault and I won't be told what I can name my child just because of that.:thumbsup:

Every1 loves china its a good role model for the rest of the world--china could nuke LA and people would say it had it coming.......

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Originally Posted by eg420ne

Every1 loves china its a good role model for the rest of the world--china could nuke LA and people would say it had it coming.......

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are you one of those people who say that we have it coming?