Chinese officials have recently announced a slew of policy reforms, and the one nabbing all the attention is its one-child policy.  The current rule states that a couple would only be eligible to make a second baby if both parents were only children; under the new policy, this would only has to apply to either parents.

The decision was made as a solution to the country's ever-shrinking labor pool. The government also announced that it will be abolishing the controversial "re-education through labor" system, in which the detainees do not need to undergo a trial to be locked behind bars.

[CNN]