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China's one-child policy reduces population, helps climate
Posted at 3:36 PM on 30 Aug 2007
Perhaps a wee bit sensitive about being vilified for its excessive impact on climate change, China has pointed out that its one-child policy, instituted in the late 1970s, has kept 300 million consumers off of the planet.
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