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One-child Policy Said to be 'Too Successful'

September 20, 2004

China's continuing policy of birth control has apparently reinforced the drop in birth rates expected in an industrializing economy. 

As a result, some large cities are experiencing a negative birth rate. 

Shanghai's Commission on Population and Birth Control has responded by dropping the program of giving childless couples a financial reward.

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