China will allow families to have two children, in an end to its long-running limitations on each household to have only one child, a policy imposed in the late seventies, due to its enormous population growth.
The policy, reviled by many over the brutal intrusions involved, including forced abortions and crippling fines, will be ended to ease pressures on the economy due to its ageing population.
“This will benefit sustained and healthy economic development,” the National Health and Family Planning Commission said.
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