one-child policy

population control policy which was used by the People's Republic of China
Legislation human_population_planning Q221719
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one-child policy

Summary

one-child policy is a human population planning[1]. It draws 8,119 Wikipedia views per month (human_population_planning category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • one-child policy is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
  • one-child policy's instance of is recorded as human population planning[4].
  • one-child policy's main regulatory text is recorded as Population and Family Planning Law of the People's Republic of China (2001)[5].
  • one-child policy is part of family planning policy of People's Republic of China[6].
  • one-child policy's Commons category is recorded as Population policy in China[7].
  • one-child policy began on 1979[8].
  • one-child policy ended on December 31, 2015[9].
  • one-child policy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:One-child policy[10].
  • one-child policy's has characteristic is recorded as single child[11].
  • one-child policy's has goal is recorded as human population control[12].
  • one-child policy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].

Why It Matters

one-child policy draws 8,119 Wikipedia views per month (human_population_planning category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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