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28th August 2018
02:42pm BST

From 1979, couples in China were barred from having more than one child in a bid to control population growth.
The rule was relaxed in 2016 to allow couples in urban areas to have two children.
The change came in response to fears that China's ageing population and workforce could impact on its economy.
There have also been concerns that family planning laws have caused a gender imbalance in the country.
The move might have been too little, too late, though - the birth rate hasn't changed to the extent that the state had been hoping since 2016.
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