About 1,000 Chinese parents who lost their only child have staged a demonstration in Beijing. They say they will have no one to look after them because they were forced to follow the country's one-child policy.
The protesters gathered on Monday in front of the National Health and Family Planning Commission. About one million households across China are estimated to have lost their sole offspring due to illness or accident. Many such parents feel it's unfair they had to obey a policy the government decided to scrap earlier this year after more than three decades.
(Participant)
"My wife and I are too old to have another child. I want the government to look after us."
Chinese authorities announced on Sunday the state would provide a monthly allowance of about 50 dollars to such bereaved parents, but the families are not satisfied.
◆staged a demonstration デモを行う
◆protester デモ参加者、抗議者
◆scrap （制度などを）やめる、廃止する
◆allowance 手当
◆bereaved （親族や友を）亡くした
