From correspondents in Beijing


BEIJING authorities plan to issue special cards to married women that will allow them to get condoms for free from vending machines placed throughout the city, state media said today.

The machines, which would begin operating next month, would initially appear at 100 different locations in the city of 13 million people, the Beijing Times reported.

At the start of the pilot project, 60,000 married women would be issued with cards that entitled them to 12 packs of condoms a year, the paper said.

The machines would help remove the awkwardness women felt when buying condoms from salespeople, it added.

Birth control is a top government priority in China and urban couples are usually restricted to having just one child, facing severe penalties if they decide to have a second baby.

Agence France-Presse

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