Economics
Baby Shortage Prompts China’s Unwed Mothers to Fight for Change
- ‘It would not have been possible a year earlier,’ mother says
- Local governments across China are quietly easing restrictions
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For generations, a Chinese woman who gave birth out of wedlock was shunned by society and discriminated against by authorities. Now, as the Communist Party seeks to boost a slowing birthrate, that is starting to change.