Can you have twins in china

But for families like Susan's, Ming Ming's and the many others who defied the one-child policy, that forbidden sibling was always worth the risk. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work.

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More Just In. Back to top. By Maxim Duncan. BEIJING Reuters - Hundreds of Chinese twins and triplets flocked to Beijing this week for a festival to celebrate multiple births in a country where the one child policy means siblings are a rare blessing for many young urbanites.

Dressed in matching outfits, trios and matching couples ranging from babies to grandmas danced, sang, did calligraphy and joined in a huge domino rally. In some countries parents may fear the simultaneous arrival of multiple children, but in China they are lucky exceptions to strict family planning rules that limit many couples to one son or daughter unless both parents are themselves only children.

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