<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Family reunited with son that was abducted 24 years ago"/><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">The claim: China announced an end to its one-child policy and will now allow couples to have three children</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">China's decades-long child-limit restrictions on couples have generated controversy and misinformation on social platforms. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In 1980, China introduced a <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/world/2012/10/31/china-one-child-policy/1670853/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">one-child policy</a> in an attempt to slow its surging population growth. The government limited most urban couples to one child and allowed two children for rural families if their firstborn was a girl. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">But one viral social media post suggests that the nationwide one-child limit in China recently came to an end and that couples can now have up to three children. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"#BreakingNews The Chinese government has announced an end to the one-child policy and will allow couples to have up to 3 children because of the aging majority and lack of young workers," reads a screenshot of a <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ConflictCollec1/status/1399414838082904070" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">tweet</a> shared to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CPi6RMyLH_5/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=30496249-5ef9-4c9b-96fe-3f3ba9d2028f" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Instagram </a>on May 31.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Fact check:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/factcheck/2021/07/22/fact-check-photo-misleads-us-womens-soccer-olympic-protest/8059982002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Photo misleads about US women's national team's Olympic demonstration in Tokyo</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Instagram post has more than 1,300 likes and was shared by Conflict Collective News, which told USA TODAY via email that "their intern should have clarified it more but technically nothing he said was untrue." </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">This claim is misleading. China said it would allow married couples to have up to three children, putting an end to its existing two-child policy. </p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">China's one-child policy ended in 2015</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">While it's true that China is now allowing couples to have three children, the government ended its one-child policy years...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/07/25/fact-check-couples-china-can-have-3-children-up-2/5283655001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
