
In a measure aimed at addressing the population crisis in China, the Communist Party announced this week that effective immediately, official approval of first and second children for qualified couples will no longer be required under their new two-child policy.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.8 Jan 2016, 8:46 AM PST0

The Communist Party-run Xinhua News Agency is bombarding readers with reasons why China’s two-child population policy is beneficial for the country and the world, while completely ignoring the core complaints of human rights activists who say that the policy changes little or nothing.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.10 Nov 2015, 5:36 AM PST0

On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) blasted China’s human rights record and asked for unanimous consent to rename the plaza in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C. as “Liu Xiaobo Plaza,” after the Nobel Peace Prize winner imprisoned on charges of inciting state subversion.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 Nov 2015, 5:16 AM PST0

With the Chinese government’s announcement last week that it would modify its decades-old one-child family policy and allow couples to have two children, parents of undocumented “black children” are wondering whether the law will apply to them, too.
by Frances Martel2 Nov 2015, 12:51 PM PST0

“The Chinese Communist Party will never end coercive population control, because coercive population is keeping it in place,” prominent women’s rights activist Reggie Littlejohn tells Breitbart News.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Nov 2015, 9:04 AM PST0

China’s announcement Thursday that it is “abandoning” its draconian one-child policy was met with skepticism among critics, who contend that it substantially changes nothing, since the communist government still asserts absolute control over families and will continue to enforce its will with coercion.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.30 Oct 2015, 5:47 AM PST0