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The fate of Chinese baby girls

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In today's show, Men's Fashion Week wraps up in Paris. We go behind the scenes with designer Paul Smith's muse, Stephane Olivier. Plus murdered at birth or abandoned, a bleak picture of the fate of Chinese baby girls. Author Xinran is here to talk about her new book "A Message From an Unknown Chinese Mother".

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