{"id":37295,"date":"2013-12-30T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=37295 "},"modified":"2013-12-30T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T17:12:00","slug":"37295-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=37295","title":{"rendered":"China formally eases one-child policy, abolishes labor camps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SHANGHAI Sat Dec 28, 2013 2:25am EST<\/div>
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People walk outside a labour camp in Kunming, Yunnan province, November 22, 2013. REUTERS\/John Ruwitch<\/div>
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(Reuters) – China formally approved on Saturday easing its decades-long one-child policy and the abolition of a controversial labor camp system, the official Xinhua news agency reported.<\/div>
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Both were among a sweeping raft of reforms announced last month after a meeting of the ruling Communist Party that mapped out policy for the next decade.<\/div>
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Under the new policy, couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents is an only child. Previously, a couple could generally only have a second child if both parents were only children.<\/div>
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The plan was envisioned by the government about five years ago, with officials worried that the strict controls were undermining economic growth and contributing to a rapidly ageing population China had no hope of supporting financially.<\/div>
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The resolution, formally approved by China’s largely rubber- stamp parliament on Saturday, will allow local legislatures to decide when to implement the policies, Xinhua said.<\/div>
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Parliament also approved the abolition of the “re-education through labor” system, in place since 1957, which allows police to sentence petty criminals to up to four years’ confinement in labor camps without going through the courts.<\/div>
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Critics say the system undermines the rule of law and is often used against political activists and followers of Falun Gong, a banned spiritual group.<\/div>
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(Reporting by Kazunori Takada; Editing by Paul Tait)<\/div>
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