As a second child born under the strictures of China’s one-child policy, she was not entitled to a state education.

The one-child policy has also created a striking gender-imbalance within China—with the China Academy of Social Sciences, a leading government-affiliated think tank, projecting that more than 24 ...

Many Chinese families say they have no desire for additional children for a variety of reasons. That leaves many to wonder what impact—if any—the three-child policy will have on population growth.

BEIJING – Despite China announcing changes to its strict one-child policy, many young parents say they will not choose to have a second child due to the high cost of living in modern-day China ...

Richard Brody reviews “One Child Nation,” a new documentary directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang, about China’s former policy of limiting families to a single child each.

The one-child policy is history, but rules in China still restrict families Some Chinese couples aren’t interested in having more than one child, while unmarried woman aren’t allowed to have ...

Director Nanfu Wang, who grew up in rural China, has made a film about the painful, unintended consequences of the Chinese government's one-child rule — including how it affected her own family.

A world with no siblings is the reality for tens of millions of young urban Chinese, born since the one-child policy was introduced in 1976. Now, they are dealing with unique challenges when it ...

New family, nation, life await child at heart of international custody battle. Feb. 11, 2008 -- A wrenching custody battle, over a Chinese child raised in suburban Tennessee, that has drawn ...

China’s decision to allow people to have more children is a dramatic attempt to head off a worsening labor shortage that could weigh on the country’s economic rise.