As China OKs 3 Kids, Many Say They're Done With 1

WASHINGTON - "Three kids? I don't think it matters if they say I could have 100 kids. For me, one is more than enough."

Mrs. Sun, a 36-year-old officer worker in Beijing, is having none of China's latest population policy change that allows married couples to have three children. She told VOA Mandarin she didn't want to reveal her full name for fear of government retaliation. China's top leaders upped the allotment to three earlier this week. In 2016, Beijing began allowing couples to have two children, a response to the demographic time bomb triggered by the one-child policy introduced in 1980, which has resulted in an aging population and fewer workers. Online, many people echoed Mrs. Sun's concerns. On Weibo, China's version of Twitter, the hashtag #three-child policy is here# has attracted nearly 4.3 billion views since the announcement on Monday and generated a torrent of sarcastic comments.