Greg Maresca ——Bio and Archives--December 19, 2025

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A striking headline can distill an entire saga into a single timeless line without a plot or nuance; just pure drama etched in ink.

Case in point: the New York Post’s legendary April 15, 1983, masterpiece, “Headless Body in Topless Bar,” proving, once again, truth is stranger than fiction.

Recently, a similar but more discerning headline ran in The Wall Street Journal: The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate. Chinese billionaires are using surrogacy laws in the United States to construct family dynasties, while raising significant ethical, legal, and national security concerns in the process.

The most prolific case that highlighted this growing and largely unregulated surrogacy marketplace was that of Xu Bo, a billionaire Chinese video game mogul who has fathered over 100 children.

Yes, you read that right.

Xu treats his offspring as business assets saying he favors “superior” male children. Xu is........

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