"one-child policy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: one-child policies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} one-child policy (plural one-child policies)
  1. (historical) A policy of population control in China, whereby a married couple is allowed only one child. Wikipedia link: one-child policy Tags: historical Categories (topical): Birth control Categories (place): China Related terms: family planning Translations (a policy of population control): 計劃生育政策 (Chinese Mandarin), 计划生育政策 (jìhuà shēngyù zhèngcè) (Chinese Mandarin), 獨生子政策 (Chinese Mandarin), 独生子政策 (dúshēngzǐ zhèngcè) (Chinese Mandarin), yhden lapsen politiikka (Finnish), politique de l’enfant unique [feminine] (French), Ein-Kind-Politik [feminine] (German), 一人っ子政策 (hitorikko seisaku) (alt: ひとりっこせいさく) (Japanese), бір бала саясаты (bır bala saäsaty) (Kazakh), 한 자녀 정책 (han janyeo jeongchaek) (Korean), нэг хүүхдийн бодлого (neg xüüxdiin bodlogo) (Mongolian), ettbarnspolitikk [masculine] (Norwegian), política do filho único [feminine] (Portuguese), поли́тика одного́ ребёнка на одну́ семью́ (polítika odnovó rebjónka na odnú semʹjú) [feminine] (Russian), politika jednog djeteta [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ettbarnspolitik [common-gender] (Swedish)

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