birth rate, china gdp, chinese birth rate, two-child policy

Chinese Birth Rate Declines to Lowest Levels in Seven Decades

China’s National Bureau of Statistics has revealed that the Chinese birth rate for 2019 plummeted to the lowest level since the People’s Republic was established in 1949. If the trend continues, experts warn that China might end up getting old before it becomes rich. Declining Chinese birth rate “Chinese mothers gave birth to 14.65 million ...

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A Chinese couple with their new baby.

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 ...

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Two Chinese girls playing.