Conservative parents in Tianjin have been going to great lengths to keep their children away from vending machines selling condoms in their residential areas.

The parents draw their children away from the machines as they pass or deflect questions about the machines.

But up to 2,000 of the machines are to be installed throughout the city and experts have urged parents to pay more attention to the early sex education of their children.

(China Daily November 17, 2006)