US EditionChina Social Media Thrashes One-Child Policy After Population Control Czar Dies
Peng Peiyun's death reignited debate over the one-child policy's coercive enforcement and its link to China's population decline, which fell for three consecutive years, experts say.
- The death of Peng Peiyun, former head of China's Family Planning Commission, sparked backlash against the country's one-child policy on social media this week.
- China's near-universal one-child mandate from 1980 to 2015 led local officials to force women to undergo abortions and sterilizations.
- With China's population declining, Beijing is now trying to boost birth rates with subsidies, longer maternity leave, and tax benefits.
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Her death has reopened discussions on social media about forced abortions, demographic collapse, and the long-term consequences of former policies.
The death of the former head of Chinese one-child politics has triggered a wave of criticism of the doctrine that has now been abandoned in the country's social media.
Chinese social media users criticize authorities in rare sign of dissent
Chinese social media users criticized two key government policies, rare signs of public dissent in the country where the internet is heavily censored. The death of the former head of China’s one-child policy agency — which for decades forced women to carry out abortions and sterilizations — sparked criticism of the demographic effort, with one netizen lamenting the “children who were lost.” Others, meanwhile, criticized Beijing’s leadership over…
Chinese netizens are fiercely criticizing the one-child policy following the death of Peng Peiyun, former chair of the National Family Planning Commission, arguing that it is the root cause of China's rapidly declining population and aging society.
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