CHINA-INTERNAL: BIRTH CONTROL POLICY
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Bloomberg News reported on May 21, that China is planning to scrap all limits on the number of children a family can have. China's State Council has commissioned research on the repercussions of ending the country’s roughly four-decade-old policy and intends to enact the change nationwide. The leadership wants to reduce the pace of aging in China’s population and remove a source of international criticism. Proposals under discussion would replace the population-control policy with one called “independent fertility,” allowing people to decide how many children to have. The decision could be made as soon as the fourth quarter, the second person said, adding that the announcement might also be pushed into 2019.
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