(2009-07-24) China Urges Having Two Kids

China is urging eligible couples to have two children as worries about the looming liability of an ageing population outweighs concerns about over-stretched resources, a city official said on Friday.. China's famous "one child" policy is actually less rigorous than its name suggests, and allows urban parents to have two offspring if they are both only children. Rural couples are allowed a second child if their first is a girl. This is still the official line in most of China, but the financial hub of Shanghai is now rich enough to focus on a new concern - the burden of an ageing population of native-born Shanghainese. (Climate Change)