China set to loosen its one-child policy?

BEIJING - It is being widely reported by Chinese newsagencies that China’s “One Child Policy”, in place since 1978, may be loosened by end-2013 to help counter the ageing population problem. The reports indicate that if one parent is an only child, the couple will be allowed to have two children (currently, both parents must be only-children). China's working age population in 2012 fell for the first time, underscoring the disappearing "population dividend".