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tonyedgecombe | karma 14463 | avg karma 1.72 · 2018-03-18 19:10:08+00:00

I'm sure I remember reading that fertility rates had already declined significantly before the one child policy was introduced.

telotortium | karma 6158 | avg karma 4.52 · 2018-03-18 20:43:38+00:00

Indeed -- you just need to take a look at the graph in the original article for further confirmation (the one-child policy was instituted in 1978, and fertility rate was in definite decline by that point).