‘A sacrifice for a generation’: China scrambles to boost its population with 3-child policy
‘A sacrifice for a generation’: China scrambles to boost its population with 3-child policy
- June 8, 2021
- Wang Feng, sociology, KCRW, June 8, 2021 (Audio)
China’s ruling Communist Party says it will now allow married couples to have up to three children. … Wang Feng, professor of sociology at UC Irvine, says China’s new three-child policy won’t be enough to save the country from a demographic crisis. … Feng says adults now face the pressure to have enough children to support the country’s needs, while weighing what it means to have a family to support.
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