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Should China Loose its Family Planning Policy?
Nation, page 9
Whether China should loose its one-child policy, which affected all Chinese except those in rural and minority-concentrated areas, was under heated discussion. In a special focus this week, the EO interviewed two prominent sociologists, Cheng Enfu and Liang Zhongtang, who fell on different sides of the debate. Cheng thought that China's strict family planning policy could continue to raise living standards and reduce environmental and employment problems, especially in urbanizing areas. But Liang said that loosening the policy could actually help curb the population growth, pointing to Yicheng county, Shaanxi province, which saw relatively slower population growth over the past two decades thanks to a pilot project allowing two children per family.
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