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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

May 26, 2010

Asylum Cases Put Chinese Family Policy Under Lens

A young Chinese man who fled to the U.S. after Chinese authorities forcibly aborted the child his girlfriend was carrying and later attacked their village wedding is entitled to asylum, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Monday.

By John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A young Chinese man who fled to the U.S. after Chinese authorities forcibly aborted the child his girlfriend was carrying and later attacked their village wedding is entitled to asylum, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held Monday.

The 3-0 decision reversed the Board of Immigration Appeals, which claimed that the man's unmarried status and failure to publicly oppose China&#...

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