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"Changes to China's strict one-child policy that will allow more parents to have a second child will begin to roll out early next year, according to state media. The policy change is expected to go into force in some areas of China in the first quarter of 2014, Yang Wenzhuang, a director at the National Health and Family Planning Commission, told the official Xinhua news agency. Beijing said last month it would allow millions of families to have two children, the most radical relaxation of its strict one-child policy in nearly three decades. The move is part of a plan to raise fertility rates and ease the financial burden on China's rapidly ageing population."

"After six years of negotiations, Apple has reached a multiyear deal with China Mobile, China's largest wireless carrier, to sell the tech giant's flagship iPhone device in that country. The partnership, which was expected, gives Apple much greater access to the world's largest mobile market, with an estimated 1.2 billion users. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, and iPhone pricing details will be released at a later date. China Mobile is the world's largest wireless carrier with 760 million subscribers."

"y 2210, the global population is expected to grow from just more than 7bn to 11.3bn, with 87 per cent of the population living in urban areas, according to a new working paper by researchers from New York University's Marron Institute."

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