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This link has a bit more information: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-11/15/c_132891920.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-11/15/c_13

This link has a bit more information: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-11/15/c_132891920.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-11/15/c_1328919... (Yes, it's from a couple of years ago, but it describes China's thinking).

GordonS 11y ago
"China will loosen its decades-long one-child population policy, allowing couples to have two children if one of them is an only child, according to a key decision issued on Friday by the Communist Party of China (CPC)." So there are still rules, just not as stringent.
- austenallred 11y ago
  More specifically, for the 37% of the population which was affected by the one-child policy, the number has moved from one to two.
- jpatokal 11y ago
  The parent links to an old article, and that's the old rule which was just overturned. Now everybody can have two -- but apparently still no more than two?
  - austenallred 11y ago
    Correct
  - GordonS 11y ago
    Presumably you can still have more than two if you afford it (you pay a hefty fine).
Natanael_L 11y ago
> allowing couples to have two children if one of them is an only child > To ensure coordinated economic and social development, the population size for China should be kept at about 1.5 billion, said Guo, citing the results of a study sponsored by the State Council, China's cabinet. > China should keep its total fertility rate at around 1.8, and the current rate is between 1.5 to 1.6, allowing the country to maneuver its population policy, according to Guo. It seems like the aim is for a long-term stable demography. Ensuring the working population doesn't fall too much, for example.
- baldfat 11y ago
  Gender bias for one child must be one big influence. > there will be 30 million more men than women in 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy#Sex-based_birth_rate_disparity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy#Sex-based_bir... It was against the law to find the gender of your child in China because if given the option many people wanted boys and would abort.
  - akshat_h 11y ago
    It might have been a big influence, but I am not entirely sure this will help. Similar issues exist in India without any limit, just because of the cost of raising children.
desdiv 11y ago
>2013-11-15 18:55:05 Look at the timestamp. The article you linked was from two years ago. The "parents can have two kids if at least one parent is an only child" policy described in that article was overturned today. Now everyone can have two kids.

GordonS 11y ago

"China will loosen its decades-long one-child population policy, allowing couples to have two children if one of them is an only child, according to a key decision issued on Friday by the Communist Party of China (CPC)." So there are still rules, just not as stringent.

austenallred 11y ago
More specifically, for the 37% of the population which was affected by the one-child policy, the number has moved from one to two.
jpatokal 11y ago
The parent links to an old article, and that's the old rule which was just overturned. Now everybody can have two -- but apparently still no more than two?
- austenallred 11y ago
  Correct
- GordonS 11y ago
  Presumably you can still have more than two if you afford it (you pay a hefty fine).

Natanael_L 11y ago

> allowing couples to have two children if one of them is an only child > To ensure coordinated economic and social development, the population size for China should be kept at about 1.5 billion, said Guo, citing the results of a study sponsored by the State Council, China's cabinet. > China should keep its total fertility rate at around 1.8, and the current rate is between 1.5 to 1.6, allowing the country to maneuver its population policy, according to Guo. It seems like the aim is for a long-term stable demography. Ensuring the working population doesn't fall too much, for example.

baldfat 11y ago
Gender bias for one child must be one big influence. > there will be 30 million more men than women in 2020 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy#Sex-based_birth_rate_disparity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy#Sex-based_bir... It was against the law to find the gender of your child in China because if given the option many people wanted boys and would abort.
- akshat_h 11y ago
  It might have been a big influence, but I am not entirely sure this will help. Similar issues exist in India without any limit, just because of the cost of raising children.

desdiv 11y ago

>2013-11-15 18:55:05 Look at the timestamp. The article you linked was from two years ago. The "parents can have two kids if at least one parent is an only child" policy described in that article was overturned today. Now everyone can have two kids.