From Simple Browser via the Daily Mail (UK):
Lying on a spartan bed, feeding her tiny daughter from a bottle, teenager Wai Ling describes her heartbreaking dilemma.
Under China's strict birth-control laws, Wai Ling, 19, and her boyfriend, 21, are too young to get married - and without being married they can't register their daughter's birth.
They could bribe a state official to turn a blind eye, but that would cost far more than they could ever afford - half a year's salary of £1,300.
The alternative of a court appearance and swingeing fine for having an illegal child would be equally ruinous - so Wai Ling feels she has little choice but to sell her newborn baby to a child trafficker.
Even the thought of handing over her baby causes her unbearable pain. "Every mother assumes she will be with her child for ever," she cries plaintively. "But soon she will be growing up in another family. As a mother, I really want to watch her grow every day with me. But I know that's not possible."
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