Parents go to Hong Kong for better medical care and lifelong residency benefits for their children, but locals are outraged over being shut out of maternity wards.
Mainland Chinese Flock To Hong Kong To Have Babies
By SHARON LaFRANIERE, New York Times
Wed, 02/22/2012 - 6:18pm
Topics: asia child birth china health care hong hong pregnancy
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