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one-child policy

population control policy which was used by the People's Republic of China
Legislation human_population_planning Q221719
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Summary

one-child policy is a human population planning[1]. It draws 13,827 Wikipedia views per month (human population planning category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: People's Republic of China[3]
  • Main regulatory text: Population and Family Planning Law of the People's Republic of China (2001)[4]
  • Part of: family planning policy of People's Republic of China[5]
  • Commons category: Population policy in China[6]
  • Start time: 1979[7]
  • End time: December 31, 2015[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:One-child policy[9]
  • Has characteristic: single child[10]
  • Has goal: human population control[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]

Why It Matters

one-child policy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Instance of → human population planning
    Country → People's Republic of China
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