China considering loosening family planning policy, Al Jazeera's '101 East' reports

Al Jazeera's "101 East" reports on how, "[a]s China faces social dilemmas such as a widening gender imbalance, it is considering loosening its [so-called] one-child policy." According to the 25-minute video program, "China's fertility rate is below the replacement level, providing fewer workers to support a rapidly growing elderly population," and "with a cultural preference for boys, China faces an alarming gender imbalance with projections of 30 million more men than women by 2020" (Nettleton, 1/5).