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Only child

Rebecca Kanthor had a second child in China before the one-child policy change, but she's not Chinese so it didn't apply to her.

Before China’s one-child policy was dropped, some women had babies in secret

November 11, 2015Development

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A girl walks along a street in Beijing. China has announced reforms to the policy of allowing most families to have only one child.

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