10 Questions You Have About China’s One-Child Policy But Are Too Afraid To Ask
China has recently done away with its one-child policy. Here’s what that policy was and what the change means for China’s future. A Chinese baby in Xian . Image reservoir : Flickr / Carol Schaffer China ’s 35 - class one - child policy is about to come to a close , the province run Xinhua - newsworthiness means report this week . The 1980 - enacted policy , which the government claims prevented approximately 400 million births , has contact its end as the Chinese state hopes to “ improve the balanced development of population ” and allot with an aging population , according to a statement released by the Communist Party ’s Central Committee ....