Editing One-child policy (section)

==="Four-two-one" problem===
[[File:One child policy.jpg|thumb|A government sign in Tangshan Township: "For a prosperous, powerful nation and a happy family, please practice family planning."|alt=A white sign with two lines of red Chinese characters and a smaller one beneath them on a background of white tile]]
As the first generation of legally enforced only-children came of age to become parents themselves, one adult child was left with having to provide support for their two parents and four grandparents.<ref name="luzaihefang">{{Cite news |last=李雯 [Li Wen] |date=5 April 2008 |script-title=zh:"四二一"家庭，路在何方？ |language=zh |trans-title='Four-two-one families', where is the road going? |publisher=云南日报网 [Yunnan Daily Online] |url=http://www.yndaily.com/html/20080405/news_99_16443.html |access-date=31 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718142403/http://www.yndaily.com/html/20080405/news_99_16443.html |archive-date=18 July 2011}}</ref><ref name="renkouxuehui">{{Cite web |date=10 October 2010 |script-title=zh:四二一"家庭真的是问题吗？ |trans-title=Are 'four-two-one' families really a problem? |url=http://cpachn.org.cn/ShowNews.asp?ID=1021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707050058/http://cpachn.org.cn/ShowNews.asp?ID=1021 |archive-date=7 July 2011 |access-date=31 January 2011 |publisher=中国人口学会网 [China Population Association Online] |language=zh}}</ref> Called the "4-2-1 Problem", this leaves the older generations with increased chances of dependency on retirement funds or charity in order to receive support. If not for personal savings, pensions or state welfare, most senior citizens would be left entirely dependent upon their very small family or neighbours for assistance. If for any reason, the single child is unable to care for their older adult relatives, the oldest generations would face a lack of resources and necessities. In response to such an issue, by 2007, all provinces in the nation except Henan had adopted a new policy allowing couples to have two children if both parents were only children themselves;<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 October 2009 |title=Rethinking China's one-child policy |publisher=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rethinking-china-s-one-child-policy-1.823072 |url-status=live |access-date=11 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006213808/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/rethinking-china-s-one-child-policy-1.823072 |archive-date=6 October 2013}}</ref>{{failed verification|source only says that it's valid in Shanghai in 2009|date=January 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 July 2007 |script-title=zh:计生委新闻发言人:11%以上人口可生两个孩子 |trans-title=Spokesperson of the one-child policy committee: 11% or more of the population may have two children |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2007-07-10/154513416121.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514212238/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2007-07-10/154513416121.shtml |archive-date=14 May 2011 |access-date=7 November 2008 |publisher=Sina |language=zh}}</ref> Henan followed in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2011 |title=China's most populous province amends family-planning policy |url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7657026.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130075505/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7657026.html |archive-date=30 November 2011 |access-date=26 November 2011 |website=People's Daily Online}}</ref>