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2008-02-29 China-Japan-Koreas

China may scrap one-child policy, says official

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Posted by Fred 2008-02-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 They may do it at the national level, but it won't matter. China is becoming a confederacy of its provinces, each of whom are increasingly blowing off national government mandates and doing what they want.

And one of their biggest tools for provincial control has become the one-child policy. It is carte blanche to mess with disliked batches of people in group punishment.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-02-29 08:38|| 2008-02-29 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Going to take them a 16 to 20 Year Program to make up the gender imbalance. Bringing new meaning to the old slogan - Great Leap Forward.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-02-29 09:10|| 2008-02-29 09:10|| Front Page Top

#3 So, how many 5 year plans will it take to fix this?

China is in deep doo-doo.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-02-29 10:47|| 2008-02-29 10:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Pre-Olympics posturing?

Posted by Darrell 2008-02-29 10:47|| 2008-02-29 10:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Probably sick of their wells clogging up.

Posted by tu3031 2008-02-29 12:02|| 2008-02-29 12:02|| Front Page Top

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