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China formalizes easing of one-child policy

China formalizes easing of one-child policy

by | Dec 28, 2013 | World

Beijing, AP—China on Saturday formally allowed couples to have a second child if one parent is an only child, the first major easing of the 3-decade-old restrictive birth policy. First announced by the ruling Communist Party’s leadership in November, the...