China Has Added Forest the Size of Texas Since 1990

Re:China Has Added Forest the Size of Texas Since 1990 by yanhangyhy on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:14PM (#45756063)

So most people believe it was a mistake. We were misled by some so-called experts at the time. Conspiracy theorists claim that many of those experts weren’t Han Chinese, since the one-child policy only applied to the Han population.

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Re:China Has Added Forest the Size of Texas Since 1990 by scoopertrooper on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:23PM (#45756102)

The policy last about 35 years and didn’t end till 2015. Even today there a limit on procreation as the cap was only increased to three children in 2021. At some point the CCP has to own its mistakes.

The problem isn’t that China instituted the policy (although its use of forced abortions to enforce was… problematic), it’s that its system of government prevented open discussion, reflection, and self-correction.

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Re:China Has Added Forest the Size of Texas Since 1990 by yanhangyhy on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:25PM (#45756115)

at least on this topic, i agree with you

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