Ten (10) facts about China one child policy
For more than thirty years, China's One Child Policy has done much to limit the country's population growth. In recent years, there have been sensational news stories of women forced to end their pregnancies early to comply with China's One Child Policy. Here are ten essential facts about China's One Child Policy: China's One Child Policy was created in 1979 by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping to temporarily limit communist China's population growth. It has thus been in place for more than 32 years. China's One Child Policy most strictly applies to Han Chinese living in urban areas of the country. It does not apply to ethnic minorities throughout the country. Han Chinese represent more than 91% of the Chinese population. Just over 51% of China's population lives in urban areas. In rural areas, Han Chinese families can apply to have a second child if the first child is a girl. One major exception to the One Child Policy allows two singleton children...