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In 1988, Peng would be appointed head of the State Family Planning Commission, a position she held for a decade.
Her task was to enforce China's one-child policy, infamous for the forced sterilizations and even abortions performed on mostly rural women.
Privately, however, one official said Peng wondered whether such brute methods were needed.
And later in retirement, she wrote letters to top Chinese policymakers arguing that demographically, China should remove all birth limits.
China said it would end its one-child policy in 2015, but currently limits most families to three children.
Peng Peiyun joined the communist underground at just 16 years old, marrying and eventually having four children with a man who had brought her into the secret communist organization.
In 1988, Peng would be appointed head of the State Family Planning Commission, a position she held for a decade.
Her task was to enforce China's one-child policy, infamous for the forced sterilizations and even abortions performed on mostly rural women.
Privately, however, one official said Peng wondered whether such brute methods were needed.
And later in retirement, she wrote letters to top Chinese policymakers arguing that demographically, China should remove all birth limits.
China said it would end its one-child policy in 2015, but currently limits most families to three children.
China says its Coast Guard ships are near the Taiwanese Kinmen Islands as part of a routine patrol.
Taiwan's Coast Guard dispatched three ships to monitor the Chinese group and said sailing in bad weather was, quote, unprofessional and irrational.
The Pentagon says China has increasingly used its Coast Guard in various Taiwan-themed military exercises and patrols around Taiwan's Kinmen Islands, which are very close to China's eastern shore.
The annual Pentagon report on China, which came out this week, noted that China's overall military has made steady progress towards its goal to be capable of what Beijing calls a strategic, decisive victory over Taiwan, a democratic island China hopes to one day control.
China says its Coast Guard ships are near the Taiwanese Kinmen Islands as part of a routine patrol.
Taiwan's Coast Guard dispatched three ships to monitor the Chinese group and said sailing in bad weather was, quote, unprofessional and irrational.