Policies have limited population numbers in some form in China since the 1980s.... But the rule has imposed new challenges on the country's populace, and authorities now hope to correct them.... They recently gifted Chinese families new freedoms in the race to address a steep birth decline. Officials from the People's Republic of China announced an end to population checks on Tuesday. The rule, which has existed in some form since the late 70s and early 80s, has gone through several iterations