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China's new two-child policy law takes effect
The "one child policy", instituted in the late 1970s, restricted most couples to only a single offspring through a system of fines for violators and even forced abortions.
Fri Jan 01 2016
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Easing of China one-child policy too late for those who lost only child
Easing of China's one-child policy is said to be too late for parents who have lost their only child.
Fri Nov 27 2015
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Australia to apologise for forced adoptions
Apology will be delivered by Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the Parliament House on March 21 next year
Wed Dec 19 2012