Desperate for babies, China races to undo an era of birth limits. Is it too late?
Desperate for babies, China races to undo an era of birth limits. Is it too late?
- February 26, 2023
- Wang Feng, sociology, The New York Times, MSN, The Boston Globe, Yahoo News, Feb. 26, 2023
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Women’s rights advocates have argued that the government’s effort to raise fertility rates risks reinforcing discrimination against women. … “Until China fundamentally transforms its social institutions and has more gender equality, women can vote with their wombs,” said Wang Feng, a professor at the University of California, Irvine who specializes in China’s demographics.
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