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Why it's getting easier to be a single mum in China

2023-07-30 06:48
How rule changes and financial independence is helping unmarried women to keep their babies.
Why it's getting easier to be a single mum in China

Until last year it was not really possible for most unmarried women to become mothers in China - practically speaking. But a social change is under way and it is driving shifts in policy too.

In her flat on the outskirts of Shanghai, Zhang Meili rocks her baby back and forth. As he gurgles away...