People in a Beijing nightclub on the day the end of the one-child policy was announced, not particularly thinking about the one child policy. All photos by author
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Translation: "Give birth to a son soon." As part of a wedding tradition, seeds and nuts spell out a clear message on newlywed Michael's marital bed
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Xiao Meili is worried about the implications for gender equality. "Me and many of my girl friends are only children. Our parents use all their resources to make their daughters successful. If there was no one-child policy, I'm sure my parents would have tried for a boy, and I would be treated differently."For Xiao Meili, this is not a step forward for freedom. It's an attempt to replenish the cheap labor force that has fueled China's economic growth. "People on the Internet are celebrating, but I don't see it as progress. This is nothing to do with rights, it's about data, treating women like machines. Before it was enforced with no humanity, and now we need more people, instead of a one-child policy it's a two-child policy."
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Yiyu and her friend on the day of the announcement of the end of the one-child policy