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A One-Child Daughter of China

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Mar 25, 2008
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Related story: China’s Generation Without Women

In 1979, China began one of the most audacious social experiments in human history. It prohibited its 1.1 billion people from bearing more than one child. In the ensuing 30 years, according to the government, 300 million people – a nation the size of the United States or the European Union – were not born.

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