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Baby boom in the Year of the Dog

www.chinanews.cn 2006-02-07 14:24:59

Chinanews, Feb. 7 - Based on the folk hearsay that "those who are born in
the year of the golden dog can obtain whatever they want," it is believed
that children born in 2006, which is regarded as the year of the golden
dog once in a century, will enjoy good luck all their lives. Therefore,
many expectant mothers in Liaoning's Shenyang City prefer to deliver
their babies in the Year of the Dog.
On Feb. 4th, some hospitals in Shenyang revealed that the number of
babies born during this Spring Festival jumped remarkably compared with
that in the previous two years.
32-year-old Mr. Zang became a dad on the first day of this Chinese New
Year and nicknamed his daughter Dudu. In the delivery room of the
hospital, Mrs. Zang said that she especially chose that day to give birth
to her baby by way of Caesarean birth because the elderly told her that
children born in the Year of the Dog are generally brilliant. After
consulting with her family members, she decided to bring her baby to the
world on the first day of the Chinese New Year.
However, doctors advise young couples that medically speaking, the theory
that children born in the Year of the Dog are clever is totally
groundless. Moreover, if too many babies are born in the same year, they
will face fiercer competition in terms of school enrolment and employment.

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