Having children is a financial, and emotional burden. Many people just want to enjoy their own lives without the extra cost and stress.

You can stop people from having kids but you can’t force them to have more than one if they don’t want to. China’s going to learn it the hard way.

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With the recent advancement in AI and automation, having well educated population would be of more use than more cheap labour population.

I want to correct one thing in this report. At 3:21, that lady who speaks in Chinese said it is the most disrespectful to one's parents is having no children. This is completely wrong! The meaning of "不孝有三，无后为大" is that: "Not loving one's parents can come with many ways. The worst one is to not fulfill your responsibility." This is just the first part of the passage, and most people ignore the second part. The second part describes an example that Yu failed his responsibility because he did not inform his parents that he was married and started a family. The original passage never mentions about no children.

Unfortunately, the issues are both more complex and more common than presented. It's important to note that while China's one child policy was certainly a key factor in establishing the base of this problem, the current day drivers of this shift are drivers that have been seen before in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and others:. - First and foremost, over the last 25 years women have made huge strides here through the education>employment>empowerment cycle, and as a result, are getting married and having kids later in life. - Second to that, the costs of urban life, as mentioned, is a big one. Buying a 3br flat in one of China's Tier one cities can run up to 3m USD, or 1.5-2m in a tier 2. Add a bedroom (and a car to that) for a second kid, and as mentioned, having another kid is not something that many are choosing to take on. - Add to that the burdens of caring for elderly, not mentioned, is not only a financial concern for many families, but for women this is an emotional one as they are often left to manage the care of her parents (and the parents of her husband). Finally, if you look at the data surrounding the most recent fall off, the role of China's COVID policy cannot go unmentioned. It was a MASSIVE headwind to any couple thinking about kids, and while we need to let the data come in, it's expected that experience will have a lasting impact in the coming years. Of course, everything I just mentioned is focused on URBAN families. Which is important to distinguish because if you travel through China, you will see that families with 2-3 kids are present outside of the major cities. Perhaps not at the rate needed to level out China's replacement rate, but in my recent travels, I am seeing more and more families with 2-3 kids in 3rd and 4th tier cities. So, yeah, giving families a few thousand RMB as an incentive is likely not going to go very far, but at this point I think it is very hard to see a path where material improvements can be made because the reasons underpinning the challenge are not rooted in government policy. Which only leaves us with. So now what? Do they keep building future-stranded infrastructure knowing that the population will draw down a further 30-50%?

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China is strugglin for water resources. Declining population means sufficient food even in in drought years for most of the population

Except for Africa, the world's population is shrinking. In the next 10 years immigration patterns will begin to shift. The waves leaving Asia, Eastern Europe, and South America will slow. Africa will be the largest source of immigrants and labor to the world. 10 years from now NA and Europe might be competing harder than they are now for top immigration talent. This also depends on what India does. If India continues to be protectionist and not improve itself, it will continue to see massive brain drain as top talent leaves for wealthier countries. But if India becomes better at keeping it's talent at home, NA and Europe are in for some tough times. NA and Europe will have to address their own birthrates if immigration dries up. That will require some social engineering. I think Japan is a pioneer in this, and likely Japanese policies (reduced housing costs, child care, etc) will be adopted by NA and Europe.

Reducing consumption by limiting population growth, Making solar energy the cheapest renewable in the world. I mean you need to give credits to China on those.

Everybody knows population cannot grow forever. So yeah, just be it. Why not just accept a happening reality.

The Chinese culture and society have undergone seismic shifts since the 1980s. Having children used to be something like a religious duty in the otherwise secular Chinese society. In the past, many women indeed risked and sacrificed a lot to have more than one child. But now, people born in the 90s and 00s increasingly choose not to have any children at all, and social media is flooded with posts and videos about the DINK lifestyle and how to confront bossy parents/older relatives/older coworkers who tell you that you must have children. Myself, my girlfriend, and her sister all want no children at all. For her mother, not having a child feels almost like the end of the world. For us, having a child would feel like the end of the world!

Fertility rates in Taiwan are much healthier. Maybe try some of their politics and culture instead of trying to get them under the same politics and culture as mainland China. Same people I hear.

It means there glory days are long gone now. 😂

They wish the population would drop because then things can be more manageable and they can be even more powerful.

Not sure what's the objective of this reporting. If it's about concerns of aging population I am very sure you can find much more concerning figure in Japan, South Korea, Europe and even US. In fact the againg population concerns should be even more serious in other countries because on average asians have better saving than many westerners therefore better prepared for old age. On gender equality, just spend a bit more time in China you will see capable females have much better chance to rise in modern corporate China than many many countries I have seen. Any gender discrimination will be frowned on since many many years ago. Bottom line, balanced reporting is essential in achieving mutual understanding and peace and we should all strive for it

300m population country worrying about 1.4b population country not having enough people 😂😂😂

For those who are expert in Finance. This is just simple maths to solve the problems. No worry. Very simple maths. Very simple

How to make Indians follow Japan south Korea and China in Birth rate.

It seems housing is the big issue for young people If young people cannot afford an adequate home, they put off having families...

Ccp said 500m population just enough to become world super power

This is a business magazine so it concentrates on catching up to the US economy and not how doing so destroys the planet. China (and especially the US) should aim for sustainability and equality. Wealth is hoarding more resources than one needs to survive. Resources that could otherwise sustain wildlife and diversity.

First, there are too many people in the world and way too many in China. Less is more for the Chinese people if you know what I mean. Second, the world is severely underestimating the automation progress in China. It is already more advance than most countries. This means human labor demand is shrinking fast. Bottom line it is not a crisis to China and to the world

The population would shrink by 48% and still be more than most countries across the world.. Why is this a concern!? 🙄

China has run out rural workers to send into the cities. It's illegal for you to transfer to another province.

The one child policy to tackle too much people worked too well, now theres too few women as wives, so its also working too well now even though they raised it to 3 child policy. Only x amount of women, plus people cant afford to have more than 1 child. A++ for grading

活着很痛苦。父母不生育，孩子不受罪。

They better not become like the handmaids tale

Poor Winnie the Pooh and his problems... Perhaps that's why he throws his military temper tantrums? 😆

having kids isn't worth it. period.

Wait a minute... They have always been overpopulated. The problem is??????

You want even more humans on this planet??

Not sure why news agencies always report population decline as a negative thing. We need more of it.

A less dangerous world. 😊

How exactly will China slow its decline to have half it's population in 100 years?

They need to integrate

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There is tons of people in china they will be okay

Wouldn't it be advantages to have less people globally on all continents. Less sxct and pollution. Regroup and evaluate ocean plastic and mass extinction of all creatures

Half of their population mean still 700 million so in next 100 years China will have 700 million people lesser which is a win. They have less industrial need and enough resources.

Antinatalism is very beautiful ❤🎉

It means adios social security and production!

This is not that bad since technology can replace majority of cheap labor that required many people before. This may even push China into a more advanced economy. So you never know.

It means China's GDP per Capita will increase.

actually china , japan ,south korea is on the way of AI adoption , robotics which means that robotic wotkers will outpace the human ones. see even in china some restaurants are completely & partially automated so shrinking population will not be an issue .

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Ending abortion will help. America lost 70 million people who were killed at the abortion clinics/death camps

AI is coming don't worry much people will not be needed. People will start saying overpopulation.

I like Chinese people but I don't like the CCP

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British population would be falling in the next two years if not for positive net immigration. Yet, politicians here are trying to curb immigration. What should the country do?

There are too many people on the planet so I don’t see the problem

China's population has decreased due to the Chinese running to other countries like USA, Canada, India, Australia and New Zealand. There the crime is high, housing crisis exists, and drug problems. And the international media remain silent and focus on half of the decline in population. The population has increased significantly in these countries. In Canada, pregnant Chinese citizens come to give birth in Canada and get Canadian citizenship. No government officials do a thing about it. Lottery tickets are given in China to come to Canada.

It’s too expensive

At what point do they start blaming the West for that fertility problem?

European population will drop by 20%, each retiree is replaced by someone 30% more efficient Chinese population will drop by 20%, each retiree is replaced by someone 500% more efficient Any thoughts about this fact?

Overpopulation is a cause for many problems in the world. people are understanding this and planning the family which is a great thing. population decline will help to solve many problems. this should also happen to india.

Every woman in China must give birth to 2 children in her liftime. But there are more men than women in China, and most women and more more men will never marry and have any children. So, it is 3 children for each married woman.

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Where do you get millions of people to replace the falling population.... Perhaps you could offer Indian Muslims a better future and more opportunities than Hindu India.... Resolved....

India has the biggest population

China could still become the largest economy surpassing USA because of the global dollar dump the US economy measured in dollars will be smaller

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It means climate change will slow down. I wish India will follow suit

This video has so strong Chinese accents, keep dreaming beats America in terms of economy

China needs taxpayers but dont want to pay for them to become taxpayers instead asking citizens but young people are not interested in marrying so it will be worse than estimated

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