Official Involved in Birth Certificate Fraud Turns Himself In

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By Fan Yiying In China, fake documents obtained from the black market can be used to legitimize trafficked children. Government official who for years sold fake birth certificates has surrendered himself to the authorities, Sixth Tone’s sister publication The Paper reported on Thursday. Falsified documents can be used to legitimize trafficked children and babies born out of wedlock or in …

The Strange History of the Birth Certificate

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Recently, my mother unearthed my birth certificate and sent it to me. There, typed on a manual typewriter, were my name, the date and time of birth, the name of the hospital, and the names and race of both my parents. According to the certificate, I was not a twin or triplet, did not have siblings who died or were …