China says no changes to one-child policy for at least a decade (KRON 4 Bay Area: Mon, 10 Mar) BEIJING (AP) - China's top family planning official says the country won't consider changing its one-child policy for at least another decade. He's quoted in the China Daily Newspaper as saying there would be major fluctuations in population growth if the rule were abandoned now.
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Modernity robs "going sim" of its poetry (Vietnam Net: Tue, 11 Mar) VietNamNet Bridge - Spring is the time of love for romantic Van Kieu and Pa Co teenagers and I find the stories about their "going sim" – their traditional nocturnal courting – so attractive that I decided to visit the highland Huong Hoa and Dakrong districts of central Quang Tri Province to see it for myself.
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Western bean cutworm moves into Missouri (Iowa Farmer: Tue, 11 Mar) JOHNSTON --- The Western bean cutworm, which moved across Iowa from 2000 to 2004, has in the past year moved into the eastern Cornbelt and south into Missouri.
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One-child policy to stay (Sydney Morning Herald: Mon, 10 Mar) China's top population official has ruled out any changes to the one-child policy for at least the next decade because the country is about to experience another baby boom.
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China to maintain one-child policy (Charleston Daily Mail: Mon, 10 Mar) BEIJING - China won't consider changing its one-child policy for at least another decade, the country's top family planning official said in a published interview today.
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