China to Ease Limits on Births, Allowing Couples to Have Three Children
Posted on AllSides May 31st, 2021
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China’s top decision-making body said Monday the government would ease its birth-control policy to allow all couples in the country to have three children, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
The move is the latest measure aimed at tackling China’s aging population after Beijing relaxed its birth policy to let couples have up to two children in 2015. The announcement comes just weeks after a once-in-a-decade census showed China’s population on the cusp of a historic turning point after decades of rapid growth.
The Communist Party’s Politburo said after a meeting Monday chaired by...
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