World Business: The global population is expanding rapidly and is predicted to hit 9 billion people by 2050. There are serious doubts as to whether the planet can handle this number of people demanding ever higher living standards. China dramatically addressed the issue of overpopulation in the 1970s by introducing the One Child Policy, but this in itself brought a raft of new problems. Reporter: Nick Mackie
An increasing number of young Chinese people say they’re having difficulty finding someone to marry. It’s a situation made worse by the population control policy, of one child per family. Now specialised dating agencies have sprung up – catering to lonely hearts aged in their thirties or beyond.
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