INTERNATIONAL
VANDERBILT POLITICAL REVIEW
China’s one-child problem
Revision to infamous one-child policy will have little real effect
by MAX STALOFF ‘14
O
n November 15th, 2013, China
announced that it would begin to
loosen restrictions on its notorious ‘one-child’ policy. According to The
South China Morning Post, the new policy
will allow couples to have a second child
if either of the parents are themselves
only children. Although this change can
be seen as a step towards the end of one
of the world’s most expans