TAIPEI--China ... s death, Communist bureaucrats began to worry the country’s population was outstripping its ability to feed itself and began implementing a draconian “one child policy.” ...

as well as from policy-related research papers. This material is refined for the general readership by editing and partial redrafting. The following paper draws on material originally contained in IMF ...

HONG KONG – China will “actively” respond to population ageing ... Much of China's demographic downturn is the result of its one-child policy imposed between 1980 and 2015.

The extension was considered long overdue in a country facing a shrinking population ... policy will be implemented starting in January next year, according to the announcement from China's ...