A paramilitary policeman teaches children self-defense techniques in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, China. - REUTERS
BEIJING: A local government in Hubei province is calling upon members of the Communist Party of China and the Communist Youth League in government institutions to have two children, saying that failure to do so will have harmful effects.
According to a report by Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Yichang in August, the average number of children for women of childbearing age in Yichang stood at 0.72, the thepaper.cn reported.
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