From the SF Gate:
Japan’s population will shrink for a sixth year; South Korea and Taiwan’s will grow less than 1 per cent. “They share common cultural values that place enormous emphasis on the success of their children,” said Mr Wang Feng, a sociology professor at University of California, Irvine. “Chinese parents want their children to be successful, and they do this by having fewer and investing in them.” Such aspirations have thrown up a group of so-called tiger moms, made famous by author Amy Chua in a book describing strict, disciplinarian Chinese mothers.

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