Thursday, June 3, 2021

China's Birth Laws

China has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have a maximum of three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media Xinhua reported Monday.

For almost 40 years, China enforced a controversial "one-child policy" -- one of the strictest family planning regulations worldwide -- which was lifted in 2016 due to widespread concerns over an ageing workforce and economic stagnation.

"To actively respond to the ageing of the population ... a couple can have three children," Xinhua said, citing a Monday meeting of China's elite Politburo leadership committee hosted by President Xi Jinping.

Despite government efforts to encourage childbirths, China's annual births have continued to plummet to a record low of 12 million in 2020, the National Bureau of Statistics said last month.

China's fertility rate stands at 1.3 -- below the level needed to maintain a stable population, the bureau reported...  TO READ MORE, CLICK HERE...

COMMENT:  is this really to replace an aging population, or just an excuse to hide the fact that China wants to build an army for global domination???  Maybe it is just me, but I do not trust these people nor their COMMUNIST LEADERS...  and, neither should you!!!


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