Several Chinese regions, including the capital Beijing, saw birthrates decline again in 2018, the official China Daily reported, after a 2016 move ...
SHANGHAI: Several Chinese regions, including the capital Beijing, saw birthrates decline again in 2018, the official China Daily reported, after a 2016 move to relax family planning controls failed to encourage couples to have more children.
Alarmed by the rapid rate of ageing in its population, China relaxed its controversial"one-child policy" in 2016, allowing all couples to have two children instead of just one.
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