one-child policy
Coverage of one-child policy in the Nexus archive.
- China shuttered 30,000 nurseries and primary schools last year
China closed over 30,000 preschools and primary schools in 2025 due to a demographic crisis, with kindergarten enrollment dropping by a quarter between 2020 and 2024. Fertility rates remain critically low at 1.0 live births per woman, and experts note China is aging rapidly without achieving economic wealth.
- In one-child China, she thrived. The unravelling came later
A life in China under the one-child policy is explored, highlighting both thriving during the policy's implementation and later challenges. The article focuses on how a radical social policy shaped individual experiences.
- Corruption, the one-child policy and billions wasted - how China's bid to become a football superpower turned into colossal failure... and what it says about President Xi's wider plans for global dominance: IAN WILLIAMS
China's attempt to become a football superpower has failed due to corruption, the one-child policy, and billions of dollars wasted. The article links this failure to broader concerns about President Xi's global ambitions.