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one-child policy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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A policy of population control in China, whereby a married couple is allowed only one child.

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 計劃生育政策 /计划生育政策 (jìhuà shēngyù zhèngcè) — a policy of population control
  • Chinese Mandarin: 獨生子政策 /独生子政策 (dúshēngzǐ zhèngcè) — a policy of population control
  • Finnish: yhden lapsen politiikka — a policy of population control
  • French: politique de l'enfant unique — a policy of population control
  • German: Ein-Kind-Politik — a policy of population control
  • Japanese: 一人っ子政策 (hitorikko seisaku) — a policy of population control
  • Kazakh: бір бала саясаты (bır bala saäsaty) — a policy of population control
  • Korean: 한 자녀 정책 (han janyeo jeongchaek) — a policy of population control
  • Mongolian: нэг хүүхдийн бодлого (neg xüüxdiin bodlogo) — a policy of population control
  • Norwegian: ettbarnspolitikk — a policy of population control
  • Portuguese: política do filho único — a policy of population control
  • Russian: поли́тика одного́ ребёнка на одну́ семью́ (polítika odnovó rebjónka na odnú semʹjú) — a policy of population control
  • Serbo-Croatian: политика једног дјетета — a policy of population control
  • Serbo-Croatian: politika jednog djeteta — a policy of population control
  • Spanish: política del hijo único — a policy of population control
  • Spanish: política unigénita — a policy of population control
  • Swedish: ettbarnspolitik — a policy of population control