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Chinese think tank urges end to one-child policy
Kindergarten teachers play with children during an outdoor activity at the Ritan Park in Beijing on Oct. 31. A government think tank says China should start phasing out its one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015. It remains unclear whether Chinese leaders are ready to take that step. (AP Photo)
October 31, 2012
BEIJING--A Chinese government think tank is urging the country's leaders to start phasing out its one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015,...
China's one-child policy has tragic consequences
A billboard in a rural Chinese community urges families to abide by the one-child policy. (Keiko Yoshioka)
August 13, 2012
BEIJING--Deng Jiyuan couldn't afford to pay the fine levied by local authorities after his wife fell pregnant with their second child.
China vows punishment over forced abortion at 7...
June 15, 2012
BEIJING-- Chinese authorities have vowed to punish officials who forced a woman who was seven-months pregnant to have an abortion in a case that has sparked outrage over...
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