Birth rate

• Why experts question whether China's one-child policy was necessary in the first place - 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 sold or even killed, because parents wanted their only
• China revs up fiscal support to boost births - HONG KONG, Jan 16 () - China's population policy is emerging as a key part of its economic strategy as Beijing rolls out its most wide-ranging push to boost a flagging birth rate, with official population data due on January 19 set to show