An autonomous region in China has started allowing couples to have up to four children, if certain conditions are met, in an attempt by the regional government to boost the population in some local communities that were previously abiding by the three-child limit. On March 24, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional People’s Congress passed a new amendment to the region’s “Population and Family Planning Law.” It stipulates that couples who already have three children can have a fourth child if both the husband and wife’s places of residence are registered in counties along the China-Vietnam border. Guangxi has eight counties bordering Vietnam that are populated by ethnic minorities such as the Zhuang, Yao, Miao, and Jing, in addition to the Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group in China. Under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule, citizens do not have free reproductive rights. However, the CCP has made a series of amendments …
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