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Why Chinese women don’t want more children

Chinese women can’t afford a large family

5 June 2021

9:00 AM

5 June 2021

9:00 AM

Years after my mother and I left China, I found out the real reason why. A neighbour had reported my mother for being pregnant with her second child. She was paid a visit by local officials who gave her a choice: she could either take herself to the abortion clinic or they’d take her there themselves.

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