The End of the One Child Policy




Important Chinese Things with Jenny Zhu · Learn Chinese · ChinesePod · Qingwen show

Summary: China's one child policy was introduced in 1979 to curb rapid population growth. More than 30 years on, the Chinese government is reforming the policy by allowing couples to have more than 1 child. How does the tweaked policy work? What does it mean to ordinary people in China? Are they excited or hesitant about the new found freedom? Listen to today's show to find out. We also round up the trending topics in Chinese social media this week from the missing jet to a massively popular Korean TV drama.