China’s government has announced plans to remove power from the agency that oversees the country’s one-child policy. Observers say this could spell the beginning of the end for the rule.

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Looking at the future of the one-child policy

For the past 34 years, China has limited urban couples to one child in an effort to curb massive population growth. Though the family planning policy has always been controversial, nowadays many urban couples are content with one child due to mounting economic pressures such as inflation.

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