China One Child

Dissent, China's One Child Policy and Chen Guangcheng

Kerry Kennedy | Posted 05.05.2012

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Kerry Kennedy

While the U.S. State Department and Chinese officials wrangle over Mr. Chen's fate, the larger questions concern the horrific contours of government population control and the fate of those who dissent in China.

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One-Child Rule May Be Eased In China

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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DAFENG, China — When asked why she and her husband do not want a second child, Shi Xiaomei smiles at her pudgy 9-year-old son and does a quick t...

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China's Horrid One Child Policy Continues

Nicole Kempton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nicole Kempton

There have recently been increasing calls for the world to take a look at China's One Child Policy as a model for how to reduce population growth. These calls are severely misguided.

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Shanghai Tells Couples: Please Have 2 Kids

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — Family planning officials in Shanghai are making home visits and slipping leaflets under doorways to encourage certain residents to ha...

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Chinese Woman Has Son Strangled To Avoid Violating Population Laws, Given Death Sentence

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 05.25.2011

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SHANGHAI, China — A court in central China has sentenced a woman to death for hiring someone to strangle her 9-year-old son so she could have an...

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