The story in Linyi is the kind of news that propaganda officials usually bury in the Communist Party’s secret files. According to reports, local authorities in Linyi, seeking to avoid exceeding birth quotas under China’s “one-child” policy, forced several women to undergo abortions and forcibly sterilized many couples with more than one child.
通常，中国的宣传干部会将临沂的事态埋藏于中共的机密文件中。报道说，临沂的地方政府为了避免超生，迫使妇女堕胎并将许多超生的夫妇强制结扎。据说，躲避这一运动的村民的家人被囚禁。临沂还有人痛诉辱没人格、酷刑以及敲诈等事件。