China ends strict one-child policy
China ends strict one-child policy
- October 29, 2015
- Wang Feng, sociology professor, is quoted by Reuters Oct. 29, 2015
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From Reuters:
Wang Feng [UCI] , a leading expert on demographic and social change in China, called
the change an "historic event" that would change the world but said the challenges
of China's aging society would remain. "It's an event that we have been waiting for
a generation, but it is one we have had to wait much too long for," Wang said.
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