Nope, no minimum room size for single-room occupancy. Minimum square footage in NYC for 2 people is around 140 square feet I believe. I lived in a 6'x10' space on east 82nd street for years, and paid a fourth what my neighbors paid in rent. Of course that was still more than I pay now for my 2BR in Seattle...
Does anyone know why ethnic minorities are exempt from the one-child policy? Considering all the ethnic-based political tensions in Western China, I don't see how this would be beneficial from the point of view of the Han-dominated government.
Most of the ethnic minorities are so small that their numbers are not threatening to the Han majority. On the other hand, forcing population control on ethnic minorities tends to make them really angry (even more than they already are) really fast. This is part of a wider policy in which, while the government is Han-dominated, its official policy is of neutrality in ethnic disputes, and it even professes a commitment to preserving minority ethnic culture and traditions.
