China's Former 1-Child Policy Continues To Haunt Families
Editor's note: This story contains descriptions that may be disturbing. LINYI, China — Outside, rain falls. Inside, a middle-school student completes his homework. His mother watches him approvingly. She is especially protective of him. He's the youngest of three children this mother had under China's one-child policy. Giving birth to him was a huge risk — and she took no chances. She carried her son to term while hiding in a relative's house. She wanted to avoid the "family planning officials" in her home village, just outside Linyi, a city of 11 million in China's northern Shandong pro...
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