Two's a crowd for many Chinese after one-child policy change

BEIJING: Chinese citizens greeted the announcement of a "two-child" policy warily Friday, as high costs, career aspirations and rising urbanisation in an increasingly wealthy society mute expectations of a baby boom.

China's "one-child" family planning regime, which Beijing announced Thursday would end after nearly four decades, has seen arbitrary and often brutal enforcement, including forced abortions and sterilisations.