China Today; China Tomorrow; China Always!

China Today; China Tomorrow; China Always!

Friday, March 7, 2008

China one-child rule "to remain"


Officials admit the one-child rule is often flouted by richer families The Chinese leadership has denied suggestions that it is about to alter its controversial one-child policy.

Family planning chief Zhang Weiqing said there would be no change in the rule limiting families in cities to one child and those in rural areas to two.

His comments come a week after another family planning official said a policy change was under discussion.

The rule has been blamed for creating a gender imbalance, with families eager to have boys rather than a girls.

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this is a follow up to a post i made last week. china has come out and said that they will not get rid of the one child rule, this is significant because now china's arms are still flexed on the issue of the one child. so mark one up for the chinese government

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