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Women’s Progress — Not the One-Child Policy — Is What Cut Births in China

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 2, 2015 The greatest driver of the drop in fertility rates in China over the decades was reasoned family decision-making led by the empowerment of Chinese women, writes Amartya Sen. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

China Ends Its Decades-Old One-Child Policy

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2015 Under the pressure of a rapidly aging workforce, China’s leaders have raised the limit on the number of children that married couples are legally permitted to have from one to two. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

China’s One-Child Policy and America’s No-More-Child Policy

The Rev. Madison Shockley / Truthdig Mar 29, 2014 What both the Chinese government’s one-child policy and the U.S.’ no-more-child policy have in common is that both totally disregard the intelligence, the moral agency, and the bodily integrity of women. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center’: Is Liberalism in Crisis? China in Transition

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2013 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the president's announcement that he would temporarily allow health insurance companies to renew some plans, China's decision to relax its one-child policy and end labor camps, and the Republican bill to extend health plans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )