First they said they might do it, then they said they wouldn't. Now it seems more of a definite maybe.
At issue is the sensitive question of how best to control the growth of the largest population on Earth.
Over the weekend, an official said China was considering making changes to its one-child policy, but didn't offer any specifics. The statement by Wu Jianmin, a spokesman for the advisory body to the Chinese parliament, appeared to echo comments made last week by a senior family planning official.
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China has stated that it might change its one-child policy, which has been in place for three decades. Victor Yuan states, "I think maybe in 10 years' time we will see a turning point, where people's behavior will have changed sufficiently that there is no need to force them to have fewer children," but critics say they don't want to wait that long.
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