20 Shocking facts you didn’t know about China (With Pictures)

11. Baby Regulation Extremes

Of all the crazy laws that reign over China the most infamous one concerns offspring. From 1980 to 2015 there was a law that allowed only one child per family. With concerns of an aging population and hopes of a surge in the economy, the allowance was recently increased to 2 kids. Since Chinese society is quite bigoted, everybody wants a boy, and the girls get literally tossed aside. It’s estimated that China performed over 9 million abortions per year, compared to USA’s one million. During the 35 years of the one-kid policy, China estimates over 400 million abortions were performed. Families still must apply for permission to have kids. On a lighter note, China isn’t a big fan of diapers. So once those kids are allowed, they poop anytime and everywhere.