(CNN Student News) -- October 30, 2014
China Abandons One-Child Policy; Paul Ryan Becomes the U.S. Speaker of the House; Punishing Crimes in Class
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CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: This October 30th, CNN STUDENT NEWS would like to remind you that Fridays are awesome!
I`m Carl Azuz and we are starting today with a headline from China.
Yesterday, its communist government announced it was ending its controversial one-child policy that was implemented 35 years ago. Before then, China`s population was booming. So, the government tried to limit most Chinese couples to one child.