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Business is booming in the Chinese mainland's ovary egg donation black market where agencies advertise their underground services to desperate infertile couples, especially in the cities of Guangzhou and Wuhan.
"Just 120,000 yuan ($19,200) will cover all expenses including surgery, donor, service and hospital," Wuhan-based agent Li Lian told the Global Times reporter posing as a potential buyer.
The payment could be 30,000 to 80,000 yuan based on the resume, Wuhan-based agent Fu Ting told the reporter posing as a potential donor, with accommodation and transport fees to Wuhan all paid.
Buying and selling human eggs is officially illegal on the Chinese mainland, but both agents confirmed all procedures would take place in "regular, professional" hospitals in Wuhan.
"The hospitals usually wink at us egg agents," Fu said. If there were any trouble, Li explained, they could bribe their way out.
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A 19-year-old Nanjing student suffered ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, with symptoms of a swollen stomach as if eight months' pregnant, after receiving ovarian stimulation and egg retrieval in a black clinic in exchange for a 20,000 yuan...