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[Nicky G]

Fears of a aged society with not enough young ones to sustain them.

Three-child policy: China lifts cap on births in major policy shift

 

[shade]

Fears of a aged society with not enough young ones to sustain them.

Three-child policy: China lifts cap on births in major policy shift

inb4 there is yet another plague that only kills old chinese folks swiftly.

 

[Jimih]

Well, Well, Well what a find!

 

[rockdog]

 

[johnq]

why i will no longer buy from romwe or shein (child labor, bad reviews, scamming)

 

[shade]

“We can’t afford it”: Chinese internet users have rejected Beijing’s new three-child policy

The two-child policy has been such a stunning success that Beijing is moving to a three-child policy.

qz.com

So apparently they suffer from the "Western" problems of men not wanting to marry or have kids and enjoy life, working women having extremely high expectations from men and not marrying
and married couples not wanting kids to maintain comfortable standard of living with all luxuries.

So it seems not everything is as rosy as sexy chinese mermaids in some resort or Shein's clothing like the wumao shills would have you believe.


Article below

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“We can’t afford it”: Chinese internet users have rejected Beijing’s new three-child policy

China announced today (May 31) that it will allow married couples to have up to three children, a further relaxation of population restrictions after it abandoned the one-child policy in 2015 due to its shrinking birth rate. But the Chinese internet quickly—and overwhelmingly—vetoed the new proposal.

A top comment under state-run news agency Xinhua’s post about the new policy simply said “Bah!” It was liked nearly 80,000 times.

The decision came out of a Politburo meeting chaired by Chinese president Xi Jinping at which the country’s top decision-making body decided the new policy would ”improve the structure of China’s population, implement the national strategy of actively responding to the aging population, and maintaining China’s human resource advantages,” according to Xinhua. A hashtag about the news was viewed over 1.7 billion times on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, within hours of the announcement. The government hasn’t said when the policy will take effect.


The move highlights the Communist Party’s deep worries about the country’s declining birthrate. Census figures show only 12 million babies were born in 2020 in China, the lowest level since 1961. Meanwhile, China is set to have over 300 million people aged 60 or above by 2025, according to the government, meaning the gap between those contributing to the pension system and those withdrawing from it will keep getting wider.

But the new policy is unlikely to be any more successful than the previous move to a two-child policy.

After a brief bump, the earlier relaxation couldn’t reverse the country’s shrinking births. That’s because China’s birthrate reflects systemic issues—including the difficult of paying for top-notch education and the unequal burden of childcare that falls on women. As a result, having more than one child—or even one—is out of reach for many young people today.


“Honestly, what people need are substantial benefits such as subsidies [for having children], not those superficial encouragements. People don’t want to have children not because the absence of a three-children policy, but because we can’t afford it,” wrote a user on Weibo.

A comment that was upvoted nearly 200,000 times urged the government to provide “the most fundamental maternity welfare and solve the unfair treatment women face at the workplace for giving birth.”

Both comments, and several other similar critical posts, quickly disappeared. Instead, the comments section under the Xinhua post has been filled with more positive responses, including “we passionately support the country’s new policy!”


Officials nodded to the broader concerns in today’s decision, saying that China should develop an inclusive childcare service system, and provide a range of high-quality educational resources to reduce costs for families. The Party also vowed to improve the maternity leave and insurance system, housing affordability, and protect the rights of women at the workplace, where employers often discriminate against women in hiring because of worries they’ll take maternity leave.

But these, of course, are hard to change quickly, and require funding. As a result Beijing keeps trying top-down ways of addressing the problem and issuing new policies, including setting up special economical wedding zones to crack down on bride prices and address a related issue: the plunging marriage rate.

Some Chinese youngsters are responding to the pressure of finding their footing at work and in life by adopting a philosophy of “lying flat“—which advocates opting out of the never-ending rat race and making minimal effort in life, including giving up on having children or forming a family.


“We don’t even have time to date anyone, how could we have time to have children? 996 is the best birth control, don’t they understand?” said one comment, referring to work hours of 9am-9pm six days a week that many employers demand. “Increasing the birth rate cannot be achieved by relaxing control on having children, but by giving people the time to have relationships and live a good life!”

A poem titled “The life of a leek”—a slang word that refers to naive people exploited by scams—that made the rounds today sums up the collective feeling of fatigue that met today’s announcement.

One family
two partners
give birth to three children
while taking care of four elderly
go to work at 8am
sign off at 9pm
make 10 times the effort
to pay off a mortgage of millions

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[shade]

Wouldn't be surprised if in the future there is yet another lab enhanced flu virus that appears and specifically attacks Chinese old people.
Also CCP legalizes Euthanasia with very liberal regulations surrounding it, especially for old folks belonging to middle class and poor families.
After all the old are a deadweight draw upon a Chinese families finances, which could be better served consooming Chinese made products and services or producing more young children for the motherland.

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Getting the vaccine in China, it's easy!

 

[SexyChineseLady]

One of the biggest stories in China today: a herd of 15 wild elephants are approaching Kunming, Yunnan -- a metropolis of 7M -- after traveling 500KMs!

15 elephants enter the periphery of Kunming after 500km journey in China

A herd of 15 elephants has travelled 500km, and captured China‘s imagination. They entered the capital city of Yunnan on Wednesday.

www.scmp.com

 

[Kumata]

One of the biggest stories in China today: a herd of 15 wild elephants are approaching Kunming, Yunnan -- a metropolis of 7M -- after traveling 500KMs!

15 elephants enter the periphery of Kunming after 500km journey in China

A herd of 15 elephants has travelled 500km, and captured China‘s imagination. They entered the capital city of Yunnan on Wednesday.

www.scmp.com

So elephants running down the streets is also part of Chinese culture my bitch.

 

[SexyChineseLady]

Calling me a b*tch is really mean. I don't want to report people but that's going over the line


Yes, elephants running down streets is part of Chinese culture for quite a few years now:


Some even visit other countries and come back:

Okay some just cause trouble:

 

[johnq]

Inside Look at Sweatshop in China Where Children Work 20 Hour Days
Despite the rapid growth of the Chinese economy in the last decade, more than 482 million people in China – 36% of the population – live on less than $2 a day. In total 85% of China’s poor live in rural areas and extreme poverty forces many of them to leave the countryside in search of employment in urban areas. Often referred to as the factory of the world, China’s industry-oriented economy relies on these migrant workers who make up the majority of the workforce.

 

[rockdog]

Pentagon will still purchse DJI drones for US army:

‘No Malicious Code or Intent’: Pentagon Audit Reportedly Clears Two China-Made Drones For Gov’t Use

‘No Malicious Code or Intent’: Pentagon Audit Reportedly Clears Two China-Made Drones For Gov’t Use

In late 2019 the US Interior Department grounded its entire fleet of aerial drones, all of which are either made in China or have Chinese parts, citing increasing concerns about the national security risk from the manufacturers, pending a...

sputniknews.com

 

[rockdog]

5. DJI Mavic Mini Fly More Combo
4. Parrot Anafi - FPV Drone Set
3. Skydio 2
2. Autel Robotics EVO 2 Pro Drone
1. DJI Inspire 2 Drone

 

[TakAman]

Pentagon will still purchse DJI drones for US army:

‘No Malicious Code or Intent’: Pentagon Audit Reportedly Clears Two China-Made Drones For Gov’t Use

‘No Malicious Code or Intent’: Pentagon Audit Reportedly Clears Two China-Made Drones For Gov’t Use

In late 2019 the US Interior Department grounded its entire fleet of aerial drones, all of which are either made in China or have Chinese parts, citing increasing concerns about the national security risk from the manufacturers, pending a...

sputniknews.com

Stupid decision. US is planning a military build up against china. And the weapon maybe used against China.
Plus what is the guarantee it won't be reverse engineered.

If it is so good, why China is not holding it back for gaining tech edge.

 

[Edinburgh]

This is the life of real citizens in summer evenings, barbecue and square dancing.

 

[Haldilal]

This is the life of real citizens in summer evenings, barbecue and square dancing.

Ya'll Nibbiars finally something different than the S**y Chinese Lady Vulgar video's and please do a favor finish the S**y Chinese Lady from this thread and you over so things will make sense.

 

[Kumata]

Calling me a b*tch is really mean. I don't want to report people but that's going over the line


Yes, elephants running down streets is part of Chinese culture for quite a few years now:


Some even visit other countries and come back:

Okay some just cause trouble:

What else is part of Chinese culture. Eating elephants meat.. Must be a delicacy...

 

[Edinburgh]

Square dance is the closest activity to life in China, from primary school to your seventies and eighties, everyone is doing something.
Every night, everyone, men and women, young and old, can join in if One want

 

[Tang]

5. DJI Mavic Mini Fly More Combo
4. Parrot Anafi - FPV Drone Set
3. Skydio 2
2. Autel Robotics EVO 2 Pro Drone
1. DJI Inspire 2 Drone

Hi,
Can you specify the 5-10 major problems which Chinese citizen feel should be eradicated in China?
And is their any election system inside CCP or Chinese govt.
How does it function?