China is considering abandoning its two-child policy as it tries to manage an aging population and falling birth rates, The Guardian reported. What is the current policy? China currently limits the number of children each couple is allowed to have to two. This policy itself is a change from
China is considering abandoning its two-child policy as it tries to manage an aging population and falling birth rates, The Guardian reported.
China currently limits the number of children each couple is allowed to have to two. This policy itself is a change from China’s one-child policy, which lasted from 1979 until 2016. While the policies were an attempt by the government to curb a surging population, they also had the predictable effect of creating an aging populace without enough young workers to support older citizens and a significant gender disparity.
Both of these policies have resulted in forced abortions and sterilizations, as well as sex-selective abortions. With the option of only having one child, many couples opted to have a boy.
