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TFA talks about this, saying they fear a child number explosion in poor rural areas.
by axiosgunnar 5y ago
TFA talks about this, saying they fear a child number explosion in poor rural areas.
- rfoo 5y agoThis is a big factor, but poor rural areas usually just blatantly ignore child number limits anyway. So, unlikely to be the sole reason.
- amelius 5y agoPerhaps time for better social security then.
- lucian1900 5y agoWhich also happens, there are significant anti-poverty efforts in China that have been quite effective. Attacking both sides of a problem is sometimes necessary for effectively dealing with it.
- TimPC 5y agoI was under the impression the one child policy never applied in poor rural areas. If it was universally enforced I’d like to see an explanation for China’s population growth over a period where it would have experienced a decline.
- riffraff 5y agoIf people don't die as early as before and you have few newborns you can still experience growth for a while.
- TimPC 5y agoI agree but definitely think 1979 to 2016 is longer than that while.
- woutr_be 5y agoIt generally wasn’t strictly enforced anyway, as in, if you had a second child, you could pay a fine, and legally register your child. And yes, it didn’t apply to rural areas as well. I had a friend in China who lived in Shenzhen and has 3 children, he essentially just payed two fines (not even sure how much it was).
- axiosgunnar 5y agoMust give parents leverage when arguing with a child „I paid a 50000 yuan fine for you just so you could live! Now do your homework!“
- hutzlibu 5y agoI doubt that works. Every parent spends lots of money on their children. It should be a gift, not a dept.
- axiosgunnar 5y agoI thought it was obvious my comment was tongue-in-cheek :-)
- bottled_poe 5y agoSo, your saying which people have children is a concern? That is.. sad
- mgkimsal 5y agoPerhaps it’s more a function of the “where” (rural)? That’s less sad, imo.