china, one-child policy, second child

Why Are Most Couples Reluctant to Have a Second Child in China?

After three decades of a policy that limited most families in China to one child, the most significant overhaul of its family planning rules in over 35 years is not going as planned. Instead of welcoming the news, many families in China have said that one is enough, with many citing the rising cost of living ...

Nspirement Staff

A Chinese mother and baby.

Chinese Census: 14 Million Mystery Children Raises Questions

A 5 percent gap in the Chinese census indicates that somehow, about 14 million extra children suddenly appeared in the 0 to 14 age group bracket in China. The once-in-a-decade census conducted by the National Population Census for the year 2020 has created a lot of confusion. Not only has this left many officials being ...

Max Lu

China's Great Wall.

What a Traditional Chinese Lifestyle Looks Like

The communist takeover of China ended centuries of traditional Chinese lifestyle, bringing about new thoughts and social systems in the country. As a result, modern Chinese society is more a reflection of communist values than traditional values. So what would a traditional Chinese lifestyle look like? The traditional Chinese family The one important thing that ...

Nspirement Staff

A Chinese girl wearing traditional clothing and carrying a fan.

220 Million Chinese Are Single

In the past, Chinese people appreciated the traditional family concept of having children and enjoying the happiness of a family reunion. Because of the increasing number of single people in today’s society, along with the rapid growth of an aging population and a dropping birth rate, Chinese society is gradually moving away from the traditional ...

Helen London

Young Chinese woman with a skateboard.

Doom and Gloom: CCP’s One-Child Policy and Its After-Effects

In 1979, the Chinese Communist Party introduced its one-child policy, prohibiting people from having a second child. The policy is believed to have arrested the population growth of the country and eventually contributed to economic prosperity. Though it was abandoned in 2015 in favor of a two-child policy, the forced and unnatural population adjustment seems ...

Max Lu

Two Chinese girls playing.

Tracking Down 20 Million ‘Missing Girls’ In China

When University of Kansas professor John James Kennedy began working in rural China, he was introduced to villagers with multiple children — despite the country’s strict one-child policy, which led to China’s “Missing girls” problem. The associate professor of political science said: “Some of these villagers would have three kids. They’d introduce eldest daughter and ...

Troy Oakes

Young girl sitting on railroad tracks.

Pakistani Women Sold Off to Chinese Men as Beijing Increases Influence

During the initial phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), there was joy and hope among Pakistani citizens. They thought that their country would, at last, have some sort of economic stimulus that would bring prosperity. Fast forward a few years and that optimism is still alive, though in a diminished form. But in addition ...

Max Lu

A pakistani girl.

AI Wife: The Ultimate Tool to Run Your Household

China’s artificial intelligence industry has reportedly created a robot wife thanks to support from the Chinese Community Party (CCP). While some say that the AI wife might provide much-needed companionship to the excess male population of the country, there are those who see the development as a moral decline in Chinese society. AI wife The ...

Nspirement Staff

An AI robot wife created in China.

Why Are Chinese First in Line for U.S. Political Asylum

Chinese have been the largest political asylum seekers in the United States for many years. In 2016, Chinese born people received 22 percent of all the asylum grants offered by the U.S. And this raises an interesting question — why are the Chinese No. 1 in applying for political asylum in the United States? Reasons ...

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