Xinhua said some of the officials were discovered breaking the law only when they were being investigated for corruption.
China has about 1.3 billion people, 20 percent of the world's total. The government has pledged to keep the population under 1.36 billion in 2010, and under 1.45 billion in 2020.
From PhysOrg
This will not be pleasing to those who say:
COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE WITH FEWER BABIES – OPT REPORT
Or:
We Can't Go On Feeding - And Breeding - Like This