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China Now Says It Will Allow Families To Have Three Children Amid Fears Of Population Crash

Emily Zanotti
China Now Says It Will Allow Families To Have Three Children Amid Fears Of Population Crash
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China announced Monday that it will now allow couples to have three children, further updating the Chines Communist Party’s infamous “one-child policy” amid concerns that the country’s declining birth rate has it headed for a population crash.

“China said on Monday that it would allow all married couples to have three children, ending a two-child policy that has failed to raise the country’s declining birthrates and avert a demographic crisis,” The New York Times reported.

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