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December 30, 2012

In China, Visit Mum -- Or Else

The National, The National

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Among China's several experiments in family planning, the best known is the one-child policy introduced in 1978, which restricted most couples to only a single offspring. At the time, facing a burgeoning population in a still predominantly agrarian society, Beijing considered the control necessary.

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