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China abandoned its infamous one-child policy for a two-child one in 2015, but is still dealing with the problems of an ageing population. Now, speculation is mounting that the government could be about to relax its strict family planning rules even further – but Stuart Gietel-Basten warns that even if China does decide to allow couples to have three or more children, they won’t necessarily jump at the chance.
In other stories, read about how Ethiopia’s rural majority is changing the country’s politics, what intensive shipping will do to the Arctic, and a new discovery about the origins of the Ashkenazic Jews.
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Your country needs you to procreate.
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Stuart Gietel-Basten, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
There are signs China could drop its two-child policy in an attempt to boost population growth.
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Politics + Society
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Yirga Gelaw Woldeyes, Curtin University
Despite all Ethiopia's Abiy Ahmed's inspirational reforms, there can be no progress without the rural majority.
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Vasudha Chhotray, University of East Anglia
Shifting parameters for citizenship are at risk of excluding millions from Indian citizenship.
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Hyun-Joo Lim, Bournemouth University
Living as a woman in North Korea can be psychologically and physically gruelling.
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Andrew Thompson, University of Waterloo
If the liberal international order is to survive, countries like Canada will need to defend international human rights law.
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Arts + Culture
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Jacinta Elston, Monash University
Author Anita Heiss speaks with Professor Jacinta Elston about her new anthology of essays from First Nations writers spanning the breadth of Australian society.
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Environment + Energy
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Edward Struzik, Queen's University, Ontario
New shipping opportunities are opening up in the Arctic as sea ice continues to recede. But travel is still dangerous and the region isn't equipped to deal with more vessel traffic.
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Health + Medicine
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Janet Bultitude, University of Bath
In one sense, the brain feels no pain. In another sense, it feels all the pain.
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