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Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN by scarmig on Monday November 07, 2022 @02:26PM (#33510990)
1) At this point, the CCP internally considers the 1 child policy a mistake. I'm sure this news won't be widely published within China, but mentioning it is not going to get anyone into trouble. Plenty of people complain about the one child policy, and so long as you don't call for the downfall of the CCP because of it, you're fine.

2) India has its own sordid history with coercive sterilization. During the Emergency, millions of people were sterilized, under varying levels of compulsion.

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Re:India lifted 415M out of poverty in 15 years, says UN by odysseus on Monday November 07, 2022 @03:29PM (#33511936)
Regarding 1), the documentary "One Child Nation" (currently included with Amazon Prime) goes into China's history with their one child policy in detail - from people who lived through it.

It is fascinating how they went from "One Child" to their current policy without admitting any mistake at all.

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As for India, not only have they had problems with forced sterilization, they've also had problems with parents wanting a son at any cost: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/dec/27/f...

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