In the past, restrictions on China’s ‘one-child policy’ had been a popular topic in the news, but in recent months, the focus has fallen on the consequences of this policy on the Chinese society and economy. How should President Xi’s government handle this demographic change?

A “two-child policy” like the “one-child policy” of population controls remains a powerful symbol of China’s efforts to control its people. As China has found with its stock exchanges, human behavior – like market forces – cannot be fully controlled or predicted, even by the most powerful bureaucrats of Beijing.

Since the announcement of the new policy, Chinese feminists have been concerned that women aren’t really given full freedom to choose whether to have a second child – or any child at all – due to cultural and public policy reasons.

Minxin Pei recognizes some brutal consequences of the one-child policy, and implores for outsiders and Chinese alike to emphasize the senseless cruelty that such measures imply and work to ensure that they are never seen again.

Trafficking of women has been an issue in China for many centuries, thanks to a long history of gender ratio imbalance and male preference.  Traditional patria

The Chinese government announced that it will ease restrictions on the number of children couples can have.

The biggest advantage of a childbearing quota trading system is to enable people longing for more children to fulfill their dream decently, on the one hand, and

At the 22nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress on August 24, the Committee’s vice-chairman and secretary general Li Jian

According to data from the Sixth Census, China has a population of 1.34 billion on its mainland (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Since I myself is an ex

On April 28, 2011, the National Bureau of Statistics hosted a press conference to release key figures from the 6th National Census. These figures have shocked a