China sperm bank donation

Please refresh the page and retry. A sperm bank in China is demanding potential donors are good Communists, as Beijing's campaign to increase its control over people's lives extends to before they are born. The Third Hospital of Peking University is asking donors to answer the party's call before they hand over semen in a six-week donation drive launched this week. Demand for sperm is booming in China since the one-child policy was axed in , but there have been concerns over quality levels. The Beijing hospital, which is linked to China's most prestigious university, listed a series of requirements for potential donors, including having no serious diseases or "obvious signs of hair loss". It also said that men between the ages of 20 to 45 who wish to donate must "love the socialist motherland, support the leadership of the Communist Party, be loyal to the party's cause and be decent, law-abiding, and free of political problems.

The couple from Shanxi Province waited for a year for a donor but without success. Then Mr Huang, a professional sperm donor, came along. He was among the 10 potential donors who replied after Ms Yu Hua posted her particulars on an online forum for infertile couples. Mr Huang is similar to her husband - who is tall, handsome, smart and healthy - and they even have the same blood group. Ms Yu Hua told China's Global Times: "The reproductive medical centre told us that we would have to wait for another 15 months, after I have done all the medical checkups.

What you see below, is a hands-free automatic sperm collector. Yes, you read that right and if that's already got you laughing, then check out the video. What you see below is a hands-free automatic sperm collector called 'The SW'. The concept is probably just as you can imagine.

Sperm being frozen for future use. Photo: CFP. Medical staff inspecting sperm count. Placing sperm into a cryopreservation storage facility.