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China may scrap two-child policy, ending nearly 40 years of restrictions | South China Morning Post

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China’s parliament gave the clearest signal yet that the leadership is moving to end limits on the number of children families can have by striking “family planning” policies from the latest draft of a sweeping civil code slated for adoption in 2020. The Communist Party began enforcing a one-child policy in 1979 to …

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