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China’s 'loneliest generation': what it was like growing up under the one-child policy
by Carmen Fishwick
China | The GuardianToday, 11:49 am
In October, after 35 years, China scrapped its radical measure to contain population growth. Some of the only children born under that rule share their experiences
“If I’d shared my parents’ resources with brothers or sisters, I wouldn’t be where I am today,” said Tao, a 23 year-old University of Michigan student, born in Weihai – about 6,500 miles from her current home. “I have so many options of how I can live my life now, I wouldn’t change a thing,” she said.
In 1979, in the grip of a population crisis, China took extreme measures to halt its rapidly expanding society. It began limiting births to one child per couple and administered severe, sometimes barbaric, penalties for deviation from the rule. In October, after 35 years, the policy was scrapped.
Related: The impact of China's one-child policy in four graphs
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by Carmen Fishwick
China | The GuardianToday, 11:49 am
In October, after 35 years, China scrapped its radical measure to contain population growth. Some of the only children born under that rule share their experiences
“If I’d shared my parents’ resources with brothers or sisters, I wouldn’t be where I am today,” said Tao, a 23 year-old University of Michigan student, born in Weihai – about 6,500 miles from her current home. “I have so many options of how I can live my life now, I wouldn’t change a thing,” she said.
In 1979, in the grip of a population crisis, China took extreme measures to halt its rapidly expanding society. It began limiting births to one child per couple and administered severe, sometimes barbaric, penalties for deviation from the rule. In October, after 35 years, the policy was scrapped.
Related: The impact of China's one-child policy in four graphs
Related: End of China’s one-child policy comes tragically late for
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