Beijing Plan to Lift Family Child Number Limits Gets Muted Response (The Irish Times)
The one-child policy was hated in China and led to many human rights abuses, such as forced abortions and sterilizations, and also left the economy short of workers. It also sparked a rise in sex-selective abortion, which meant that by the end of 2017, China had 32.66 million more males than females. However, economic realities, especially expensive education and healthcare costs, mean many Chinese families are having fewer children regardless of the official line.
Clifford Coonan, The Irish Times, May 22, 2018.
