China

  China [|…]  “China to Reconsider One-Child Limit” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/ 02/29/world/asia/29china.html

“Currently, Chinese couples in rural areas are allowed to have a second child if their first-born is a girl, as are couples from China’s ethnic minority groups. Families in which both parents are only children, or where the first offspring is disabled, may also have a second child.” http://www.marketwatch.com/ story/china-reportedly- considering-two-child-policy- 2011-03-07

“Beijing is considering whether to adopt a two-child policy within the next five years, ending the three-decade-old one-child rule, Chinese media have reported.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/ world/2011/mar/08/china- relaxing-one-child-policy

“China’s population grew more urbanized, educated and older as the growth of the world’s most populous nation slowed to a pace half that of the previous decade, results of the 2010 census released on Thursday indicated. The census also documented a vast internal migration, concluding that more than 261 million citizens — nearly one in five — were living in places other than where China’s household registration process had indicated that they did. Most of those are probably migrant laborers who have swelled big cities in search of higher-paying jobs so as to send money back to families that remain in rural areas. The government said China’s population was 1.34 billion, an increase of 73.9 million, or 5.8 percent, from the last tally in 2000. That was below the 1.4 billion that United Nations demographers were predicting when the head count was conducted last November, and the slowest rate of growth in nearly half a century, demographers said.” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/ 04/29/world/asia/29census.html