On a related note, while some may think that this is a consequence of China's one-child policy, a reasonable argument can be made that the policy was actually c

On a related note, while some may think that this is a consequence of China's one-child policy, a reasonable argument can be made that the policy was actually completely unnecessary: the fertility rates had already started plummeting for the 15 years prior to it being announced due to urbanization and other factors: * https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2016/october/china-one-child-policy-effect https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2016/october/china... * http://blogs.reuters.com/data-dive/2013/11/18/chinas-one-child-policy-policy-in-charts/ http://blogs.reuters.com/data-dive/2013/11/18/chinas-one-chi...