China Debates Lactating Breasts for Hire

Echoing a debate raging (OK, not exactly raging) here in the U.S., the Chinese media (and, by association, the Chinese government) is considering whether selling one's breast milk is ethical.

[T]the right of a woman to sell her breast milk, an occupation in China, that like the West, disappeared decades ago, has sparked heated debate, the Beijing News said.

Yue Jiangmei, a 22-year-old mother from China's northern Hebei province, left her baby with a relative to work in Wenzhou, a city in the booming eastern province of Zhejiang, the Beijing News said.

"My daughter was 7 months old and able to be nourished with baby food and milk powder," the paper quoted Yue as saying.

She responded to an advertisement offering five times her salary, or about 4,000 yuan ($500) a month, to work as a wet nurse for a Wenzhou family.

Supply. A willing seller. Demand. A willing buyer. That's all I need to know.