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# Population Control

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2022
Voices
Opinion: China's zero-covid policy tightens its perfect dictatorship
Human rights lawyer and professor Teng Biao looks at the recent protests in China and asks if it’s the beginning of a new wave of resistance.
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Dec 5th 2022, 10:00 PM
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# Population Control
China's two-child policy has led to 5.4 million extra births, fewer than the government hoped
The country operated a strict one-child policy from 1979 to 2015.
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Aug 22nd 2019, 6:15 AM
# One Child Policy
A lot of Chinese couples don't want a second child after all
The government relaxed its strict ‘one child’ policy last year, but fewer couples took advantage of it than expected.
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Oct 30th 2014, 9:15 PM
# China
China's 'One Child' policy produces more risk-averse adults: study
Australian studies have concluded that children born in China’s sibling-free culture are less risky and less entrepreneurial.
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Jan 11th 2013, 7:44 AM
# Birth Control
China on verge of abandoning famous 'one child' rule
The country’s famous birth control policy – where families are only permitted to have one child or face fines – could be repealed.
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Sep 9th 2010, 5:20 PM