> Wasn’t their some policy saying that rural mothers could have a second child if their first was a girl? Yes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Child_Policy

> Wasn’t their some policy saying that rural mothers could have a second child if their first was a girl? Yes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Child_Policy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Child_Policy “Peasants” (their term, not mine) and minorities* could have more than one. It was very, very common. Apparently half of the country was effectively under a two-child policy. * There are 55 recognized minority groups in China (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_China).