The abolition of China’s 35-year-old one-child policy closes one of the darkest chapters in the country’s history. Perhaps more important, it provides an important opportunity to consider the fundamental threat that an unconstrained one-party regime can pose to its people.
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – The abolition of China’s 35-year-old one-child policy closes one of the darkest chapters in the country’s history. In the late 1970s, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), determined to boost economic growth, decided that population control was the answer. Millions of abortions, sterilizations, and infanticides later, its chickens are coming home to roost.
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – The abolition of China’s 35-year-old one-child policy closes one of the darkest chapters in the country’s history. In the late 1970s, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), determined to boost economic growth, decided that population control was the answer. Millions of abortions, sterilizations, and infanticides later, its chickens are coming home to roost.