November 15, 2012 Chinas One-Child Policy In this article published on October 31, 2012 by the Huff Post,

China is presumably changing their one-child policy to a two-child policy. Their current policy of having one child per household, introduced in 1980, is expected to change to the two-child policy by 2015. In Chinese culture, males have a higher value as opposed to females. The combination of this cultural belief and Chinas one-child policy has resulted in a long-term gender imbalance at birth, which means that there are currently more male than female Chinese citizens. Another rule depends on the citizens location in China. For instance, if a couple lives in an urban area, they are only allowed to have one child, but if they live in a rural area, they are allowed two children if their firstborn is a female. Because of this desire to have a male child, some women participated in abortions and sterilizations, although both are illegal. Now, Chinas government has acknowledged this growing problem and has decided to ban sexselective abortion. The article also states that the primary goal of the one-child policy was already achieved since Chinas economy was liberalized 30 years ago and that this possible change has been rumored and delayed multiple times already. This article differentiates Chinese culture much differently than American culture. It specifically stresses the Chinese strive to redeem their human right to reproduction back. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/31/china-one-child-policy-think-tankphase-out_n_2050149.html