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03.14.18China Just Got One Step Closer to Ending Its Family-Planning Policies
Quartz
Over the years few things have symbolized China’s heavy-handedness quite like the one-child policy it implemented in 1979. But in a sign of change, this week Beijing announced the end of the commission charged with implementing such policies.
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12.01.16Researchers May Have ‘Found’ Many of China’s 30 Million Missing Girls
Washington Post
A new study proposes the births of many of the 'missing' girls were simply not registered
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11.17.16With Fertility Rate in China Low, Some Press to Legalize Births Outside Marriage
New York Times
Underlying the debate over reproductive rights is China’s low fertility rate of 1.05 children per woman, revealed in the mini-census last year
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10.28.16China’s Forbidden Babies Still an Issue
BBC
The One Child Policy may be gone, but the control and coercion remain
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10.17.16China Drops One-Child Policy, but ‘Exhausted’ Tiger Moms Say One is Plenty
Washington Post
“No fines, no arrests. Go ahead and have a second child if you want one!” The problem is that many people don’t want a second child any more.
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09.21.16The End of China’s One-Child Policy Has Put Huge Pressure on the Nation’s Sperm Banks
Time
China is looking for quality sperm
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11.19.15Dream of The Bed Chamber
Economist
It is not just China’s economy that has loosened up since 1979. The country is in the midst of a sexual revolution.
Media
02.05.15
Why Chinese Promote Confining New Mothers for a Month
HONG KONG—Giving birth is never easy, but for new Chinese mothers the month following a baby’s arrival is particularly fraught. Immediately after I became pregnant for the first time, I started to hear about zuoyuezi, or “sitting the month.” It’s a...
Reports
01.01.08
External Evaluation 2003–2007 - Safety and Effectiveness of Contraception in China
Luo Xiaoyuan
World Health Organization
HRP has a long history of successful collaboration in China. WHO is widely respected in that country, and HRP benefits from its prestige. Since 1979, HRP has helped establish and strengthen a network of research institutes and provided support to...