# Lives Like Garbage: Children with Birth Defects Abandoned (China)

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**Created:** [September 5, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lives-like-garbage-children-with-birth-defects-abandoned-china/595256 "2011-09-05T12:04:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![simple\_homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lives-like-garbage-children-with-birth-defects-abandoned-china/595256/1 "2011-09-05T12:04:39Z")

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There are some that speculate that China will soon replace the USA as the world’s superpower.  
My opinion is that China just has too many domestic problems to be able to achieve number one status.

Lives Like Garbage: Children with Birth Defects Abandoned

> **[Lives Like Garbage: Children with Birth Defects Abandoned - chinaSMACK](https://www.chinasmack.com/lives-like-garbage-chinese-children-with-birth-defects-abandoned)**
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> Photos of Chinese children who were abandoned for birth defects & illnesses but rescued, taken in, & adopted by kind-hearted individuals, plus netizen reactions. More

Migrant Workers Children Spend Childhood Scavenging Landfill  
[http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/migrant-workers-children-spend-childhood-scavenging-landfill.html](http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/migrant-workers-children-spend-childhood-scavenging-landfill.html)

Children On Leashes Tied To The Walls While Their Parents Work  
[http://www.chinasmack.com/2010/pictures/chinese-children-tied-up-while-parents-work-zhejiang.html](http://www.chinasmack.com/2010/pictures/chinese-children-tied-up-while-parents-work-zhejiang.html)

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**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lives-like-garbage-children-with-birth-defects-abandoned-china/595256/2 "2011-09-05T17:16:12Z")

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Why would that have any impact on achieving #1 status. It could be an advantage that they put their resources to their strengths and treat huge portions of their population as disposable. (Unethical, but number one status as a superpower doesn’t mean 'world’s most ethical country.")

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**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lives-like-garbage-children-with-birth-defects-abandoned-china/595256/3 "2011-09-05T18:01:52Z")

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like any large nation, outside of the major industrial centers, there are a lot of dirt-poor areas. I wouldn’t be surprised if stuff like this went on in impoverished rural areas inside the US too, just at a smaller scale.