China’s one-child policy: what was it and what impact did it have?

by Andrew Mullen
June 1, 2021

China’s one-child policy started in 1980 and was strictly enforced with punishments including fines for violators and often forced abortions. China officially ended its one-child policy in January 2016 in favour of a two-child policy before it introduced a three-child policy in May 2021.