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A Mother's Search 30 Years After Son Was Kidnapped During 1-Child Policy
During the one-child era, the trafficking of young boys was fuelled by parents seeking a son to carry on the family line, experts say. Unwanted girls were often abandoned or sold into sex work, forced marriage or labour.
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Why Is China Taxing Condoms, Birth Control Pills Now? Policy Shift Explained
China has begun imposing a 13 percentsales tax on contraceptives such as condoms, birth control pills, and devices from January 1, 2026, while exempting childcare services from value-added tax (VAT).
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From 1-Child Policy To Rs 44,000 Per Child: China's Big Shift On Population
China has announced a nationwide childcare subsidy in a renewed attempt to address declining birth rates, offering families 3,600 yuan (Rs 44,000) per child annually until the age of three.
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China Stops Foreign Adoptions Of Its Children After 3 Decades
China will no longer send children overseas for adoption, the government said, overturning a more than three-decade rule that was rooted in its once strict one-child policy.
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China May Scrap Two-Child Policy, Amid Ageing Population: Report
China appears poised to scrap its two-child policy, with a state-run newspaper Monday citing a draft civil code that would overhaul decades of controversial family-planning rules.
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Born Again: Baby Boom After China Ends One-Child Rule
As soon as China abandoned its one-child policy a year ago, Zheng Xiaoyu and her husband started trying for a sibling for their nine-year-old son.
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China's 'Missing Girls' Theory Likely Far Overblown: Study
The theory that China's one-child policy has led to about 30 to 60 million "missing girls" which has created a gender imbalance in the world's most populous country is likely far overblown, a new study claims.
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Chinese Parents Go To Court Seeking To Register 2nd Children
Wan Changru's 6-year-old daughter collects passes - for her dance school, English lessons and other extra-curricular classes, anything bearing her name that she can pretend is an identity card.
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China Tells Eager Parents to Hold Off on the Baby-Making for Now
China ordered local family planning agencies to keep enforcing the country's one-child policy, undercutting one province's plans to start letting parents expand their families now, state media said.
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China Says One-Child Policy Stays in Effect for Now
China must continue to enforce its one-child policy until new rules allowing all couples to have two children go into effect, the top family planning body said.
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China Will Have 1.45 Billion People by 2030 Due to 2-Child Policy
China's population is expected to reach 1.45 billion by 2030 following its move to scrap the three-decades-old one-child policy and permit all couples to have a second child, a senior official said today.
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Family in China Fined $110,180 for Violating One-Child Policy
A family in China with seven children has been fined $110,180 for violating the country's controversial one-child policy, resurfacing concerns over the stringent family planning policy that was relaxed recently.
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China Official's Mandatory 'Two Children' Proposal Draws Rebuke
China should roll back its one-child policy and instead mandate that all couples have two children, a family planning official has said, drawing criticism Friday from a ruling Communist Party newspaper.
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Name That Child: Chinese Officials Offer Bonus for Mother's Moniker
Chinese parents are being offered cash rewards to give their newborn children the mother's last name, a report said on Friday, in an unusual attempt to address the traditional preference for sons.
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China's Ageing Millions Look Forward to Bleak Future
As she nears retirement along with millions of other Chinese, He Xiangying is too busy sending her son money and raising a stranger's child to worry about who will eventually look after her.
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A Mother's Search 30 Years After Son Was Kidnapped During 1-Child Policy
During the one-child era, the trafficking of young boys was fuelled by parents seeking a son to carry on the family line, experts say. Unwanted girls were often abandoned or sold into sex work, forced marriage or labour.
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Why Is China Taxing Condoms, Birth Control Pills Now? Policy Shift Explained
China has begun imposing a 13 percentsales tax on contraceptives such as condoms, birth control pills, and devices from January 1, 2026, while exempting childcare services from value-added tax (VAT).
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From 1-Child Policy To Rs 44,000 Per Child: China's Big Shift On Population
China has announced a nationwide childcare subsidy in a renewed attempt to address declining birth rates, offering families 3,600 yuan (Rs 44,000) per child annually until the age of three.
-
China Stops Foreign Adoptions Of Its Children After 3 Decades
China will no longer send children overseas for adoption, the government said, overturning a more than three-decade rule that was rooted in its once strict one-child policy.
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China May Scrap Two-Child Policy, Amid Ageing Population: Report
China appears poised to scrap its two-child policy, with a state-run newspaper Monday citing a draft civil code that would overhaul decades of controversial family-planning rules.
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Born Again: Baby Boom After China Ends One-Child Rule
As soon as China abandoned its one-child policy a year ago, Zheng Xiaoyu and her husband started trying for a sibling for their nine-year-old son.
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China's 'Missing Girls' Theory Likely Far Overblown: Study
The theory that China's one-child policy has led to about 30 to 60 million "missing girls" which has created a gender imbalance in the world's most populous country is likely far overblown, a new study claims.
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Chinese Parents Go To Court Seeking To Register 2nd Children
Wan Changru's 6-year-old daughter collects passes - for her dance school, English lessons and other extra-curricular classes, anything bearing her name that she can pretend is an identity card.
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China Tells Eager Parents to Hold Off on the Baby-Making for Now
China ordered local family planning agencies to keep enforcing the country's one-child policy, undercutting one province's plans to start letting parents expand their families now, state media said.
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China Says One-Child Policy Stays in Effect for Now
China must continue to enforce its one-child policy until new rules allowing all couples to have two children go into effect, the top family planning body said.
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China Will Have 1.45 Billion People by 2030 Due to 2-Child Policy
China's population is expected to reach 1.45 billion by 2030 following its move to scrap the three-decades-old one-child policy and permit all couples to have a second child, a senior official said today.
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Family in China Fined $110,180 for Violating One-Child Policy
A family in China with seven children has been fined $110,180 for violating the country's controversial one-child policy, resurfacing concerns over the stringent family planning policy that was relaxed recently.
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China Official's Mandatory 'Two Children' Proposal Draws Rebuke
China should roll back its one-child policy and instead mandate that all couples have two children, a family planning official has said, drawing criticism Friday from a ruling Communist Party newspaper.
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Name That Child: Chinese Officials Offer Bonus for Mother's Moniker
Chinese parents are being offered cash rewards to give their newborn children the mother's last name, a report said on Friday, in an unusual attempt to address the traditional preference for sons.
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China's Ageing Millions Look Forward to Bleak Future
As she nears retirement along with millions of other Chinese, He Xiangying is too busy sending her son money and raising a stranger's child to worry about who will eventually look after her.
