Hey Man, Know Any Chicks?

Better late than never, but we all knew the day of reckoning would come eventually:

BEIJING, Dec. 16 (Xinhuanet) --
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The city government will also prohibit fetal gender identification for non-medical purposes and termination of gestation for gender selection starting Jan. 1, 2005. Violators will have to pay 20,000 to 30,000 yuan (2,409 to 3,614 US dollars) in fines.

The fines are equivalent to several months' pay for most Chinese.