Beijing wanted couples to have fewer children. Now, as China’s population ages and is so disproportionately male as to portend long-term problems, the government suddenly wants more kids. That’s going to be a difficult goal to reach.

The latest indication that China’s policy towards family size is likely to change is that a Chinese state-run newspaper posted on its official Weibo account, a popular Chinese social media platform, that the content on family planning had been removed from the draft civil code that Chinese lawmakers reviewed on Monday.

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