When China introduced its drastic population controls, officials promised that it would lift them after 30 years – an anniversary which falls this weekend. Malcolm Moore talks to families about what the one-child policy has meant to them. Read more …
China marked 30 years of the one-child family planning policy pm September 25. Started in 1980, the policy, which prohibits most Chinese couples form having more than one baby and limits rural residents to two, has resulted in severe human rights abuses ranging from forced sterilizations to forced abortions. Read more …