The Guardian: China may adopt ‘two-child policy’ this year as demographic timebomb looms
“Thirty-five years after enacting draconian birth control rules blamed for millions of forced abortions and the creation of a demographic ‘time bomb,’ China could be on the verge of introducing a two-child policy. The new regulation, under which all Chinese couples would be allowed to have two children, could be implemented ‘as soon as the end of the year if everything goes well,’ a government source was quoted as saying by the China Business News…” (Phillips, 7/23).