Population Day 4
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Pop Day 4( Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times / July 12, 2012 )
Zhang Yujia, 6, watches cartoons in the house her parents bought in Chao Le village, in eastern China's Fujian province, with a $100,000 interest-free government loan. The rural couple received the money as a reward for agreeing to stick to two girls and not try for a son. For three decades, the world's most populous country has moved aggressively to limit its population growth. Yet the nation's huge and still-growing numbers, along with its rising affluence, are taking a heavy toll on the environment.
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