China changes law to allow married couples to have up to three children

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-changes-law-allow-married-couples-have-three-children-n1277374

The change comes as the world’s most populous country grapples with a demographic crisis.

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China will allow married couples to legally have up to three children amid concerns that the number of working-age people in the world’s most populous country is falling too fast, consequently threatening its hopes of increased prosperity and global influence in the future.

The ceremonial legislature amended the Population and Family Planning Law on Friday as part of a decades-long effort by the ruling Communist Party to dictate the size of families in keeping with political directives.

Xinhua news agency, a Chinese state media organization, reported back in May thatthe law change had been approvedduring a Communist…

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