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Happy breast-feeding, or else

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Breast-feeding's messy truth

Kathleen Founds
In this Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 photo, Chinese new mother Qi Wenjuan holds her 1-day-old son's hand while breastfeeding him at Tiantan Hospital’s maternity ward in Beijing, China. China’s rates of breastfeeding are among the world’s lowest. But health workers and the government are trying to revive the tradition, and a drumbeat of safety scares over commercially produced milk is giving them new leverage. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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