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China has announced a relaxing of the family planning policy, with a change of the existing law to a two-child policy beginning March 2016.

Dr James Leibold (Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University) discusses how the one-child policy has impacted China, if it was effective, and whether the change will come in time.

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Theme music: Asian Wonders by Butterfly Tea
Photo: kattebelletje on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/kattebelletje/3349937366/)