China is now encouraging higher birth rates after many years of the one-child policy. But the general consensus is that it hasn’t been very successful, even wit

China is now encouraging higher birth rates after many years of the one-child policy. But the general consensus is that it hasn’t been very successful, even with the CCP’s authoritarian power. The causes are multi-dimensional and difficult to solve: high living costs, changing social values, and younger generations who no longer want to marry young—or marry at all. Even North Korea has to encourage women to give birth[0]; the Kim dynasty can’t simply issue an order and shoot anyone who disobeys. It simply doesn’t work that way. [0]: https://www.voanews.com/a/north-korea-s-kim-calls-for-women-to-have-more-children-to-halt-fall-in-birth-rate-/7384069.html https://www.voanews.com/a/north-korea-s-kim-calls-for-women-...