policy issues
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On Monday, statistics showed Mainland China’s birth rate has dropped to a record low of 7.52 births per 1,000 people in 2021, compared with 8.52 births per 1,000 in 2020. The new figures continue a downward trend that forced the government to allow couples to have up to three children per year. To avoid the…
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Chinese parents have been facing dual trauma of financial and emotional devastation due to the country’s one-child policy, revealed a new study on parental grief. Lihong Shi in CNA highlighted that a child’s death is devastating to all parents. But for Chinese parents, losing an only child can add financial ruin to emotional devastation. From…
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