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Jun
China Allows Couples To Have Three Children China has announced that it will allow couples to have up to three children, after census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. China scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016, replacing it with a two-child limit which has failed to lead to a sustained upsurge in births. The cost of raising children in cities has deterred many Chinese couples. The latest move was approved by President Xi Jinping in a politburo meeting, state media say. It will come with "supportive measures, which will be conducive to improving our country's population structure,…