the standard cost to stay at the facility for a someone 55,000 uwoman, around 8,000 u.s. dollars and includes all services. that's about half the annual salary for an office employee in shanghai. this is the most expensive accommodation plan, the riverside suite. it costs about $33,000 for a month. the rise in older mothers means that the uib generally requires a reservation about four months or more in advance. wang had her second child at age 40. after the announcement that the one-child policy would end, she and her friends were reluctant to discuss having >> translator: the policy changed but we didn't really talk about it. instead of just being open about it and asking directly, a lot of friends my age would subtly probe each other to see if they were having a second child. i'm the first in our group and it helps us all to be frank with each other. it wasn't really brought up before, but now we are all talking openly about whether we do or don't want a baby at our age. >> china's one-child policy began in 1979 and lasted 37 years. the purpose was to prevent sudden po