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November 11, 2015

China two-child policy to add 3 million babies a year: officials
Beijing (AFP) Nov 10, 2015
Around three million extra babies will be born each year after Beijing abolished its hugely controversial "one child" policy to allow all couples to have two offspring, officials said Tuesday. Decades of strict, sometimes brutal enforcement left the world's largest population - 1.37 billion people - ageing rapidly and with a shrinking workforce that has heightened the challenges of slowing economic growth. The rule change, announced after a key Communist Party meeting last month, will allow 90 ... read more

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