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Enforcers of China’s One-Child Policy Are Now Cajoling People to Have Three

Births plummet as officials struggle to change the mind-set of a generation less eager to start a family

By Liyan Qi
China has been the most populous nation in the world since at least 1750, but it is ceding its title to India. Photo illustration: Jacob Anderson Nelson/WSJ

Using coercion and fines, China was adept at preventing couples from having children during the decades of its one-child policy. It has been less successful in fostering a “birth-friendly society.”

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