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Mao Zedong creates the "One Child Policy", which limits China's Han Ethnic majority to only one child
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China’s One-Child Policy was formally instituted 30 years ago on September 25, 1980, in an "open letter" by the Chinese Communist Party. Up until that date, the government campaigned locally and nationally for voluntary birth control and discouraged excess reproduction.
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On 25 September 1980, the Politburo of the Communist Party issued an "open letter" to all members of the party and the Communist youth league, urging them to take the lead in having only one child.
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Sometimes people were very lucky because either they had twins or had a son and were pregnant when they put out the policy.
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unfortunatly more people wanted a boy more than a girl so they had an heir to the family. so if they had a girl they would put her in an orphanage or even leave her to die and keep trying till they get a boy.
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Despite rumors to the contrary, China announces that the One Child policy will continue for at least another decade
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(1978-present day) Since its establishment, the One Child Policy has prevented an estimated 250 million births
