For 35 years, since it was introduced to China between 1978 and 1980, the Chinese government has implicated the one-child policy to all families as a part of the country's family planning policy until it has formally ended during the last quarter of 2015. But though it's officially over, Chinese are obviously not getting over with the legacy yet.
Thirty-two former government employees were demanding the Beijing's State Council to let them go back to work after they were fired for going against the one-child rule before. As reported by QZ, since the policy has been altered, they argue that they already have the right to get the job again.
The group, which is composed of mostly teachers, has appealed to the authorities by sending a jointly-signed letter asking the Chinese government to revoke and update the punishment based on the newly altered family planning policy, as posted by SCMP. Written on their petition, the petitioners are appealing to "the nation to re-examine our contribution in alleviating the pressure of an ageing population and to revoke the decision to take away our jobs as public institution employees."
One of the petitioners is the 40-year-old Zhu Xinmei who is living in Shandong. She had her first daughter with her ex-husband in 2010. After the divorce, she had a boyfriend, which later on became the father of her second child.
"I was locked up there with my ex-husband as the local birth planning officials forced him to recognize the second child as his, before agreeing to let us go," Zhu Xinmei told the SCMP. "My ex-husband gave in after being locked up for a week and we both lost our jobs," Zhu said.
The petitioners are not just from Beijing alone but also in other cities of China. They are from Jiangxi, Shandong, Guizhou, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Hubei, Guangxi and Henan provinces.
