First one child, now two - but China's birth control policy is here to stay
First one child, now two - but China's birth control policy is here to stay
- October 31, 2015
- Wang Feng, sociology professor, is quoted by the South China Morning Post Oct. 31, 2015
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From the South China Morning Post:
Wang Feng, a demographer at the University of California, Irvine, agreed. "[The family
planning commission] has finished its historic task and it should be taken to the
garbage bin," he said. "The policy change can save resources that can be directed
to more worthy causes like health, women and youth," the demographer said.
For the full story, please visit http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1874309/first-one-child-now-two-chinas-birth-policy-here-stay.
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