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China's 'one-child policy' left at least 1 million bereaved parents childless and alone in old age, with no one to take care of them
![China's 'one-child policy' left at least 1 million bereaved parents childless and alone in old age, with no one to take care of them China's 'one-child policy' left at least 1 million bereaved parents childless and alone in old age, with no one to take care of them](https://images.theconversation.com/files/407757/original/file-20210622-23-1iohzjj.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1200&h=900.0&fit=crop)
China's 'one-child policy' left at least 1 million bereaved parents childless and alone in old age, with no one to take care of them
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