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This photo taken on May 17, 2018 shows a Chinese staff member taking care of newborn babies at the Lake Malaren International Postpartum Care Centre in Shanghai. - The setting may resemble a five-star hotel, but this is a "sitting centre" on Shanghai's outskirts where mothers pay up to 70,000 yuan (11,000 USD) a month to stay with their newborns. Chinese culture dictates that mothers confine themselves after giving birth, also known as a "sitting month". (Photo by - / AFP) / China OUT / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: "CHINA-LIFESTYLE-BIRTH-WOMEN-GENDER-CHILDREN-HEALTH" FEATURE BY PETER STEBBINGS (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

This photo taken on May 17, 2018 shows a Chinese staff member taking care of newborn babies at the Lake Malaren International Postpartum Care Centre in Shanghai. - The setting may resemble a five-star hotel, but this is a "sitting centre" on Shanghai's outskirts where mothers pay up to 70,000 yuan (11,000 USD) a month to stay with their newborns. Chinese culture dictates that mothers confine themselves after giving birth, also known as a "sitting month". (Photo by - / AFP) / China OUT / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: "CHINA-LIFESTYLE-BIRTH-WOMEN-GENDER-CHILDREN-HEALTH" FEATURE BY PETER STEBBINGS (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
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