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(27,509 posts) Sun Dec 27, 2015, 10:25 AM Dec 2015

China unveils two-child policy [View all]

Source: CNN

It's official. From January 1, 2016 China will allow two children for every couple.

Chinese lawmakers rubber-stamped the new legislation Sunday during a session of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, which governs the country's laws, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

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Human rights group Amnesty International issued a statement warning that the change in policy was "not enough."

"Couples that have two children could still be subjected to coercive and intrusive forms of contraception, and even forced abortions -- which amount to torture," China researcher William Nee said.

"The state has no business regulating how many children people have," he said.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/27/asia/china-two-child-policy/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

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Americans seek stem cell treatments in China - NBC News Sunlei Dec 2015 #1

I hear what you are saying but how does this fit into the 2 jwirr Dec 2015 #10

There is a stem cell research facility with advertisement for services two miles from my condo Feeling the Bern Dec 2015 #25

I lived in Wuxi a few years ago davidpdx Dec 2015 #26

I'm spitting distance to Tai Hu. Feeling the Bern Dec 2015 #36

It was my understanding that stem cells are now made out of fat, not embryos trillion Dec 2015 #31

China sounds like the anti-Planned Parenthood of the east. JonathanRackham Dec 2015 #2

Ironically, the reason many in China desire multiple children is because they have no MALE heirs, still_one Dec 2015 #4

That's why hospital advertise abortion services on buses and taxis. Feeling the Bern Dec 2015 #24

So basically, let's just put a cherry on top of this thing. Gregorian Dec 2015 #3

Now that they have adopted a form of capitalism, their birth rates will tend to below replacement daleo Dec 2015 #5

If capitalism could drop world birth rates to negative while simultaneously restraining consumption GliderGuider Dec 2015 #6

At some point you would have to re-establish replacement birth rates, though daleo Dec 2015 #7

The sustainable level of population is too low to maintain any significant technology. GliderGuider Dec 2015 #8

I'm not really sure that any form of government can accomplish jwirr Dec 2015 #9

My demographic reading indicates that China's fertility ratio is similar to most western countries daleo Dec 2015 #13

Limited immigration level. I do not know much about this jwirr Dec 2015 #16

Well, I work with a woman who emmigrated from China daleo Dec 2015 #20

There is no limited immigration for skilled, educated labor Feeling the Bern Dec 2015 #23

I had a student in China who I talked to quite frequently and he stated he was going to stay davidpdx Dec 2015 #27

Party won't change. No political party or dynasty changes. One one goes to another Feeling the Bern Dec 2015 #35

Every institution we've built requires more people The2ndWheel Dec 2015 #11

Really. It's weird and paradoxical. Gregorian Dec 2015 #12

Systems can be devised for a steady state population daleo Dec 2015 #14

To me this is actually a comforting statement. There will jwirr Dec 2015 #17

That's how I see it too daleo Dec 2015 #19

I doubt we can take everything into account to accomplish that The2ndWheel Dec 2015 #21

What happens if they have more than two? left-of-center2012 Dec 2015 #15

Usually, a fine. Feeling the Bern Dec 2015 #22

What if one has two children and neither is sexy? AngryAmish Dec 2015 #18

China is having the same problem as Korea and Japan davidpdx Dec 2015 #28

There is one facet of this DonCoquixote Dec 2015 #29

The entire world should be under a one child policy FLPanhandle Dec 2015 #30

I wouldn't have been born had that been the case back then. Would you? trillion Dec 2015 #32

But the more education people have The2ndWheel Dec 2015 #33

Irrelevant. FLPanhandle Dec 2015 #34