China’s controversial one child policy has stemmed population growth but at what cost? From forced abortions to heavy fines, many have suffered.
The one-child policy was introduced to ensure that China, which has historically been prone to floods and famine, could feed all its people.
Government officials said the policy was a great success, preventing at least 250 million births since 1980.
An editorial in the Communist Party newspaper, The People’s Daily, said: “We cannot just be content with the current success, we must make population control a permanent policy”.
China’s population is expected to increase from 1.26 billion at the end of last year to 1.6 billion in 2050.
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