New China three-child policy sparks tales of 'trauma'

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Under China's strict one-child policy introduced in 1979, families caught flouting the rules faced fines, loss of employment and sometimes forced abortions.

Another person known as Jia Shuai wrote that as an illegal child growing up in the countryside, he remembered having to jump into ponds to hide from family planning officials.

Chinese film-maker Zhang Yimou, who has three children, was fined $1.2m in 2014 for violating the country's one-child policyHuman rights organisation Amnesty International said the policy, like its predecessors, was still a violation of sexual and reproductive rights. "For those born after the 1980s and 1990s - we can't catch a break. The government is pressuring us to have more babies, but at the same time, they want us to keep working for longer. What kind of life is this?" one person asked.

Until more details are announced, many on social media are sceptical that the policy change will actually do much to boost birth rates.

 

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