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  • Huang Jen, a soldier, 24 and his wife Ha Ping, also 24 have a daughter Huang She, 2. They are pictured here on the banks of the River Li, in Fulli Town Village, Guangxi province. Because they had a girl first and live in the countryside, they will be able to try for another baby when their daughter is two...Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
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  • Anneliese Dodds MP moderating a question and answer session with former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
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  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud talks with John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer after launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
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  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud talks with John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer after launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_09...jpg
  • Anneliese Dodds MP introducing former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_07...jpg
  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
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  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_05...jpg
  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_04...jpg
  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_04...jpg
  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_04...jpg
  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_03...jpg
  • Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer speaks prior to Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_03...jpg
  • Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer speaks prior to Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_03...jpg
  • Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer speaks prior to Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_03...jpg
  • Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer speaks prior to Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_02...jpg
  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_01...jpg
  • Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer speaks prior to Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_02...jpg
  • Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer arrives as Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_01...jpg
  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud talks with John McDonnell MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer after launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_09...jpg
  • Anneliese Dodds MP shakes hands with former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_09...jpg
  • Anneliese Dodds MP moderating a question and answer session with former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_08...jpg
  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_07...jpg
  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_07...jpg
  • Anneliese Dodds MP moderating a question and answer session with former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_07...jpg
  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_05...jpg
  • Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_04...jpg
  • Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer speaks prior to Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_03...jpg
  • Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer speaks prior to Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_02...jpg
  • Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer speaks prior to Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_02...jpg
  • Rt. Hon. John McDonnell MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer speaks prior to Former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launching a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_02...jpg
  • Anneliese Dodds MP introducing former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_01...jpg
  • Anneliese Dodds MP introducing former City financier Professor Avinash Persaud launches a new policy paper in London on modernising the UKs existing financial transactions tax i.e. Robin Hood Tax on July 18th 2017 in London, United Kingdom. Speaking on a panel with Labours Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has adopted the papers policy recommendations.
    20170718_transaction tax launch_A_01...jpg
  • Wei Fengxiu, 28 a farmer lives with her husband (also a farmer) their son, Canxuefeng, two and her parents-in-law in Yan Chun village, Guangxi province, where there they are pictured here. Many women in China go to live with their in-laws when they get married but Wei says many of her friends have problems getting on with their mother-in-law and thinks this is down to the one child policy: pampered only sons and their new wives cause friction...Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_53_1.jpg
  • Xu Zhen, 26 and her two children Xu Feng, 5 (daughter) and Yang Chao Heng, 2 (son) from Hunan province, are staying with her mother, Wu Shu Lin, 50, at her home in, Guangxi province. Zhen is six months pregnant with her third child. If the authorities found out, they could force her to have a termination so she will only travel back to her province once the baby is born (its identity will not be linked to her husband's name that way) Many women get around the policy this way...Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_44_1.jpg
  • Zhou Chun Ying 60 is retired. She looks after her grand-daughter Han Lin, 2 in Quixa, Shandong province whilst her parents work in the factories 70 km away. Yan Wei ( Ying's son)  works in a chemical factory whilst her mother, Lin Chun Mei, the daughter-in-law works in a factory producing medical curtains. Despite the policy, there are still too many people and not enough jobs in China which means couples often have to work away and children are looked after by their grandparents. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_41_1.jpg
  • Shu Tia Chen, 32 an accountant and her husband, Gan Yafei, 33 a project manager for IBN and their son, Gan Muze, 3, They live in  in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. ?People who have more than one child don't care about their jobs. We know people in the West think the one child policy is an abuse of human rights? says Yafei  ?but in developing countries there are more important things to worry about- like putting food on the table."..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly. .
    china_onechild_34_1.jpg
  • Zhou Chun Ying 60 is retired. She looks after her grand-daughter Han Lin, 2 in Quixa, Shandong province whilst her parents work in the factories 70 km away. Yan Wei ( Ying's son)  works in a chemical factory whilst her mother, Lin Chun Mei, the daughter-in-law works in a factory producing medical curtains. Despite the policy, there are still too many people and not enough jobs in China which means couples often have to work away and children are looked after by their grandparents. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_40_1.jpg
  • Shu Tia Chen, 32 an accountant and her husband, Gan Yafei, 33 a project manager for IBN and their son, Gan Muze, 3, They live in  in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. ?People who have more than one child don't care about their jobs. We know people in the West think the one child policy is an abuse of human rights? says Yafei  ?but in developing countries there are more important things to worry about- like putting food on the table."..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly. .
    china_onechild_29_1.jpg
  • A sign written in Chinese writing on a breezeblock wall saying 'Be careful, one child policy', in the Naxi ethnic minority village of  Jiu Lian, Yunnan Province, China.
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  • A young toddler plays at a toy store in Shanghai, China on 13 August, 2011.  The director of the Population and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong, China's most populous province, has openly criticized the country's one-child policy, and said he has submitted policy change for approval to relaxation of the rules.
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  • A young toddler plays at a toy store in Shanghai, China on 13 August, 2011.  The director of the Population and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong, China's most populous province, has openly criticized the country's one-child policy, and said he has submitted policy change for approval to relaxation of the rules.
    QS110814Yulin003.jpg
  • Kids play at an indoor playground in Shanghai, China on 26 July, 2011.  The director of the Population and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong, China's most populous province, has openly criticized the country's one-child policy, and said he has submitted policy change for approval to relaxation of the rules.
    QS110726Shanghai008.jpg
  • Kids play at an indoor playground in Shanghai, China on 26 July, 2011.  The director of the Population and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong, China's most populous province, has openly criticized the country's one-child policy, and said he has submitted policy change for approval to relaxation of the rules.
    QS110726Shanghai001.jpg
  • A young toddler plays at a toy store in Shanghai, China on 13 August, 2011.  The director of the Population and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong, China's most populous province, has openly criticized the country's one-child policy, and said he has submitted policy change for approval to relaxation of the rules.
    QS110814Yulin006.jpg
  • A young toddler plays at a toy store in Shanghai, China on 13 August, 2011.  The director of the Population and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong, China's most populous province, has openly criticized the country's one-child policy, and said he has submitted policy change for approval to relaxation of the rules.
    QS110814Yulin004.jpg
  • Kids play at an indoor playground in Shanghai, China on 26 July, 2011.  The director of the Population and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong, China's most populous province, has openly criticized the country's one-child policy, and said he has submitted policy change for approval to relaxation of the rules.
    QS110726Shanghai004.jpg
  • Kids play at an indoor playground in Shanghai, China on 26 July, 2011.  The director of the Population and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong, China's most populous province, has openly criticized the country's one-child policy, and said he has submitted policy change for approval to relaxation of the rules.
    QS110726Shanghai005.jpg
  • Children play during recess at an elementary school at a rural village in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, China on 12 December 2012.   The villages near the city of Shangrao are known for openly defying China's one child policy as most families have more than one child.
    QS121212Shangrao012_1_1.jpg
  • Children play during recess at an elementary school at a rural village in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, China on 12 December 2012.   The villages near the city of Shangrao are known for openly defying China's one child policy as most families have more than one child.
    QS121212Shangrao015_1_1.jpg
  • A young girl plays on her scooter at a rural village in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, China on 12 December 2012.   The villages near the city of Shangrao are known for openly defying China's one child policy as most families have more than one child.
    QS121212Shangrao008_1_1.jpg
  • Two young brothers, aged four and one- and-half , climb on a scooter while their oldest 8 year old brother walks toward school at a rural village in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, China on 12 December 2012.   The villages near the city of Shangrao are known for openly defying China's one child policy as most families have more than one child.
    QS121212Shangrao006_1_1.jpg
  • Two young brothers, aged four and one- and-half , climb on a scooter while their oldest 8 year old brother walks toward school at a rural village in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, China on 12 December 2012.   The villages near the city of Shangrao are known for openly defying China's one child policy as most families have more than one child.
    QS121212Shangrao005_1_1.jpg
  • Children come out and play at a park in Shanghai, China on 27 July 2009.  As China's largest city age rapidly, city family planning officials have begun to actively encourage young couples who are themselves both only child to have two kids. First implemented in 1979, the one-child policy has lessened an estimated 400 million fewer births in China.
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  • Children come out and play at a park in Shanghai, China on 27 July 2009.  As China's largest city age rapidly, city family planning officials have begun to actively encourage young couples who are themselves both only child to have two kids. First implemented in 1979, the one-child policy has lessened an estimated 400 million fewer births in China.
    QS090727Shanghai006.jpg
  • A man uses his cellphone to take a picture while standing in front of a poster depicting a happy one-child family in Shanghai, China on 27 July 2009.  As China's largest city age rapidly, city family planning officials have begun to actively encourage young couples who are themselves both only child to have two kids. First implemented in 1979, the one-child policy has lessened an estimated 400 million fewer births in China.
    QS090727Shanghai005.jpg
  • Chen Qianlei is 40 and runs a consulting business for foreign traders. His wife, Gou Xia, also 40 works for a news agency as an arts reporter. They live in Beijing with their seven-year old son, Chen Dingqi who is in grade two at primary school. Xia says she would have liked another child and could have afforded to pay the fine but because she works for a government organization, she would have been automatically fired. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_55_1.jpg
  • Wan Yuanxiu, 39 is a farmer. She lives with her son, Xi Chuanjun, 6 in Guangxi province. Her husband is a removal man in the city and only comes home a few times a year. She has another son, now 20, from her first husband who died nine years ago and is now sterilsied. In some provinces, after a woman has had a child, and certainly more than one, she will often be summoned to a clinic to be sterilized by the authorities. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_49_1.jpg
  • Gao Wen Hong, 41, is CEO of a cosmetics company. Her husband, Wang Wei, also 41, is the director. They have one daughter, Wang YingChen, 7 who is top of the class at her primary school which has the best results in Beijing. Wen Hong says she prefers to have only one child so she can put all her resources into her. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_48_1.jpg
  • Sun Linang, 30 is a single, full-time mother to her daughter Du Jing Peng, 5. They are pictured at the 'Spendid China? miniature village park in Shenzhen, where they live. Linang is divorced but would like to find a new partner, ideally with no children of his own so that if they decided to have one together, they would not have to pay...Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_43_1.jpg
  • Wan Yuanxiu, 39 is a farmer. She lives with her son, Xi Chuanjun, 6 in Guangxi province. Her husband is a removal man in the city and only comes home a few times a year. She has another son, now 20, from her first husband who died nine years ago and is now sterilsied. In some provinces, after a woman has had a child, and certainly more than one, she will often be summoned to a clinic to be sterilized by the authorities. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_30_1.jpg
  • Cai Dong Yan, 30 an insurance broker and her husband Lin Ru, 29 who sells futures for a financial company live in Quixa, Shandong provionce, with their son, Lin Yi Ran who is two. Dong Yan got sterilized last year because she cannot afford to have an accident. It is not compulsory to be sterilized in China after having one child but it is encouraged and the government give a token financial reward to families who get a certificate to prove they have been sterilized. .Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_38_1.jpg
  • Gao Wen Hong, 41, is CEO of a cosmetics company. Her husband, Wang Wei, also 41, is the director. They have one daughter, Wang YingChen, 7 who is top of the class at her primary school which has the best results in Beijing. Wen Hong says she prefers to have only one child so she can put all her resources into her. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_25_1.jpg
  • Du Jing Peng, 5 photographed at Splendid China miniature village theme park in Shenzhen, ..Sun Linang, 30 is a single, full-time mother to her daughter Du Jing Peng, 5. Linang is divorced but would like to find a new partner, ideally with no children of his own so that if they decided to have one together, they would not have to pay...Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_15_1.jpg
  • Liu Tong, 5 is pictured on the banks of the River Li, near Fulli Town Village, Guangxi province, where he lives with his grandmother, Wang Li Hua, 82, left, and his mother, Zhao Juan, 35. His grandmother still works on the family farm and his mother works in the tourist industry.The day we took this picture was the first day his grand mother had been on a boat and Tong's first ever day in the town of Yangshuo across the river from where they live. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_07_1.jpg
  • Zeng Shao Lin, 43, a housewife and her husband, Yang Wei Jun, 42 a driver for a Hong Kong company have a son, Yang Heng who is 12 and at junior school. They live in Shenzhen. Shao Lin suffers from depression and feels this is because she and her husband were unable to afford the fine (around £32,000 - the equivalent of several years salary) they would have had to pay to have another child. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_02_1.jpg
  • Children play during recess at an elementary school at a rural village in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, China on 12 December 2012.   The villages near the city of Shangrao are known for openly defying China's one child policy as most families have more than one child.
    QS121212Shangrao013_1_1.jpg
  • A young mother pushes her son on a walker through a rural village in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, China on 12 December 2012.   The villages near the city of Shangrao are known for openly defying China's one child policy as most families have more than one child.
    QS121212Shangrao009_1_1.jpg
  • Chen Qianlei is 40 and runs a consulting business for foreign traders. His wife, Gou Xia, also 40 works for a news agency as an arts reporter. They live in Beijing with their seven-year old son, Chen Dingqi who is in grade two at primary school. Xia says she would have liked another child and could have afforded to pay the fine but because she works for a government organization, she would have been automatically fired. Qianlei is helping his son with his homework...Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_60_1.jpg
  • Wang Ying Chen, 7, at her calligraphy school in Beijing. Ying Chen is a gifted calligraphist and artist...Gao Wen Hong, 41, is CEO of a cosmetics company. Her husband, Wang Wei, also 41, is the director. They have one daughter, Wang YingChen, 7 who is top of the class at her primary school which has the best results in Beijing. Wen Hong says she prefers to have only one child so she can put all her resources into her. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
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  • Chen Qianlei is 40 and runs a consulting business for foreign traders. His wife, Gou Xia, also 40 works for a news agency as an arts reporter. They live in Beijing with their seven-year old son, Chen Dingqi who is in grade two at primary school. Xia says she would have liked another child and could have afforded to pay the fine but because she works for a government organization, she would have been automatically fired. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
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  • Zeng Shao Lin, 43, a housewife and her husband, Yang Wei Jun, 42 a driver for a Hong Kong company have a son, Yang Heng who is 12 and at junior school. They live in Shenzhen. Shao Lin suffers from depression and feels this is because she and her husband were unable to afford the fine (around £32,000 - the equivalent of several years salary) they would have had to pay to have another child. . Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
    china_onechild_57_1.jpg
  • Gao Wen Hong, 41, is CEO of a cosmetics company. Her husband, Wang Wei, also 41, is the director. They have one daughter, Wang YingChen, 7 who is top of the class at her primary school which has the best results in Beijing. Wen Hong says she prefers to have only one child so she can put all her resources into her. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
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  • Sun Linang, 30 is a single, full-time mother to her daughter Du Jing Peng, 5. They are pictured at the 'Spendid China? miniature village park in Shenzhen, where they live. Linang is divorced but would like to find a new partner, ideally with no children of his own so that if they decided to have one together, they would not have to pay...Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
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  • Liu Tong, 5 is pictured on the banks of the River Li, in Fulli Town Village, Guangxi province, where he lives with his grandmother, Wang Li Hua, 82 and his mother, Zhao Juan, 35. His grandmother still works on the family farm and his mother works in the tourist industry.The day we took this picture was the first day his grand mother had been on a boat and Tong's first ever day in the town of Yangshuo across the river from where they live. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
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  • Liu Yu Peng,16 (left) with friends, is in high-school (equivalent of lower sixth) and is preparing for her mid-semester exam (the Chinese equivalent of A levels) She hopes to get the grades to go to the China Communication University - the most prestigious place in China to study media. Her father is a driving instructor and her mother, a clothes shop manager and she lives with them both in Beijing. Yu Peng says that many of her friends suffer from depression because of the pressures put on them. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
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  • Fishermen on the Yellowstone River at the base of Paradise Valley, near to Emigrant, Montana. Fly fishing is an incredibly popular sport in Montana, a state which has soem of the best trout fishing rivers in the world. From small creeks to larger rivers people come to fish here from all over the world, and the locals become expert. All of Montana and Yellowstone runs a catch and release policy on trout fishing.
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  • Fishermen on the Yellowstone River at the base of Paradise Valley, near to Emigrant, Montana. Fly fishing is an incredibly popular sport in Montana, a state which has soem of the best trout fishing rivers in the world. From small creeks to larger rivers people come to fish here from all over the world, and the locals become expert. All of Montana and Yellowstone runs a catch and release policy on trout fishing.
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  • HM Treasury in London, England, United Kingdom. HM Treasury is the government’s economic and finance ministry, maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the UK’s economic policy and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth.
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  • HM Treasury in London, England, United Kingdom. HM Treasury is the government’s economic and finance ministry, maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the UK’s economic policy and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth.
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  • HM Treasury in London, England, United Kingdom. HM Treasury is the government’s economic and finance ministry, maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the UK’s economic policy and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth.
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  • HM Treasury in London, England, United Kingdom. HM Treasury is the government’s economic and finance ministry, maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the UK’s economic policy and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth.
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  • Department for Education in London, England, United Kingdom. The Department for Education is responsible for education, children’s services, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England, and equalities.
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  • Department for Education in London, England, United Kingdom. The Department for Education is responsible for education, children’s services, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England, and equalities.
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  • Department for Education in London, England, United Kingdom. The Department for Education is responsible for education, children’s services, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England, and equalities.
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  • Department for Education on 4th september 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. The Department for Education is responsible for education, children’s services, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England, and equalities.
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  • Department for Education on 4th september 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. The Department for Education is responsible for education, children’s services, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England, and equalities.
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  • Department for Education on 4th september 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. The Department for Education is responsible for education, children’s services, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England, and equalities.
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  • The below-deck highly classified Conflict Direction Center or War Room on the aircraft carrier US Navy USS Harry S Truman. This top secret office is used for planning and executing sophisticated tactical electronic warfare that fighter jets and surveillance aircraft engage in from air operations mounted from the carrier. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000-ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women. The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones. The policy was enforced by US, UK and French aircraft patrols until France withdrew in 1998.
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  • Sheep up for auction kept behind fencing to avoid the spread of diseases at the ancient annual Priddy Fair in Somerset, England. A sign issued by the government's disease control policy, unauthorised visitors are forbidden to enter the catle pens, avoiding the spread of epidemics like Foot and Mouth. According to tradition, Priddy Sheep Fair moved from Wells in 1348 because of the Black Death, although evidence has been found of a Fair being held at Priddy before that. There is a local legend, which says that as long as the hurdle stack shelter remains in the village, so will the Fair.
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  • Sheep up for auction kept behind fencing to avoid the spread of diseases at the ancient annual Priddy Fair in Somerset, England. A sign issued by the government's disease control policy, unauthorised visitors are forbidden to enter the catle pens, avoiding the spread of epidemics like Foot and Mouth. According to tradition, Priddy Sheep Fair moved from Wells in 1348 because of the Black Death, although evidence has been found of a Fair being held at Priddy before that. There is a local legend, which says that as long as the hurdle stack shelter remains in the village, so will the Fair.
    sheep_auction04-21-08-2013_1_1_1.jpg
  • Using a specially-designed trolley, we look down from above on two US Navy crew members transporting smart weapon armaments across the deck of the aircraft carrier US Navy USS Harry S Truman during its deployment patrol of the no-flyzone in the Persian Gulf, near the Kuwaiti coast. The Truman is the largest and newest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of  5,137, 650 are women.  The Iraqi no-fly zones (NFZs) were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom and France after the Gulf War of 1991 to protect humanitarian operations in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south. Iraqi aircraft were forbidden from flying inside the zones. The policy was enforced by US, UK and French aircraft patrols until France withdrew in 1998.
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  • The pedestrianised road junction at Carlton Avenue, Court Lane and Dulwich Village, has been blocked off to passing traffic with plant boxes at the corner as part of emergency Coronavirus pandemic policy to keep pedestrians safe at the expense of traffic, the first phase in an experimental road layout, on 30th June 2020, in London, England. Southwark was awarded £1.3 million by TfL from its Streetspace funding pot, which aims to rapidly transform London’s streets to help facilitate social distancing, cycling, and walking as lockdown eases. Dulwich Village low traffic neighbourhood was granted £23,000 for the first phase and £110,000 for the second. As part of its ‘our healthy streets’ initiative, the council had already earmarked the Village as an LTN.
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  • a motorist turns round at the pedestrianised road junction at Carlton Avenue, Court Lane and Dulwich Village which has been blocked off to passing traffic with plant boxes at the corner as part of emergency Coronavirus pandemic policy to keep pedestrians safe at the expense of traffic, the first phase in an experimental road layout, on 30th June 2020, in London, England. Southwark was awarded £1.3 million by TfL from its Streetspace funding pot, which aims to rapidly transform London’s streets to help facilitate social distancing, cycling, and walking as lockdown eases. Dulwich Village low traffic neighbourhood was granted £23,000 for the first phase and £110,000 for the second. As part of its ‘our healthy streets’ initiative, the council had already earmarked the Village as an LTN.
    dulwich_village-06-30-06-2020.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after being admitted to hospital suffering from Coronavirus, and confirming that the pandemic lockdown in the UK will continue, telling the country we are now beginning to turn the tide on the disease. A further 360 people died with the virus in hospitals today, taking the total number of deaths to 21,092, outdoor gym bars have been taped off, part of Lambeth councils lockdown policy in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill, on 27th April 2020, in London, England.
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  • As Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to Downing Street after being admitted to hospital suffering from Coronavirus, and confirming that the pandemic lockdown in the UK will continue, telling the country we are now beginning to turn the tide on the disease. A further 360 people died with the virus in hospitals today, taking the total number of deaths to 21,092, and a drinking fountain has been taped off, part of Lambeth councils lockdown policy in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill, on 27th April 2020, in London, England.
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  • A young boy carries his baby brother on his shoulder in Caoxieping Village in Daoxian, Hunan Province, China, on Saturday, 16 October 2010. While the one child policy is strictly enforced in China's cities, the rule is much more lax in the country's vast rural areas.
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  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
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  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai049.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
    QS100923Shanghai047.jpg
  • Newly weds participate in a group wedding held at one of the World Expo venues in Shanghai, China, on 23 September, 2010. With the country's sex ratio skewed towards more men as a result of the one child policy and the Chinese traditional preference for boys, Chinese men are increasingly having difficulty to find suitable brides.
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