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'A lot of people are still in the mindset of the one-child policy'

China has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have three children after a cens...

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14.58 31 May 2021


'A lot of people are still in the mindset of the one-child policy'


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14.58 31 May 2021


China has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing. Andrea chats to Tommy, who is from China but living in Ireland, about China's controversial family planning policies.

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