China's one-child policy led to harsh measures like forced abortions and sterilizations. Experts now question its necessity.

For decades, China enforced one of the most controversial population control measures in modern history. The one-child policy was the law, backed by fines, job losses, and social pressure. Millions of ...

Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, fertility rates have not bounced back. NPR speaks with journalist Cindy Yu about what this means. This month marks 10 years since China ended its ...

BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) - The death of a former head of China's one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week. State media ...

BEIJING (AP) — China's one-child policy, one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has seen, forced abortions on women, made sterilization widespread and led to baby daughters being ...

China's one-child policy led to harsh measures like forced abortions and sterilizations BEIJING -- China's one-child policy, one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has seen, ...