China’s new official doctrine admits the birthrate won’t recover—and rebrands decline as “high-quality development.”
One-Child Policy
China’s Fertility Crisis: Free Babies, Subsidized Embryos, and the Ghost of the One-Child Policy
Giving money for childbirth and in vitro fertilization, or raising VAT on condoms, will not solve a problem that is moral and cultural.
China’s Reported Marriage Surge: A Turning Point or a Mirage of Reform?
To address a significant demographic issue, the authorities promote marriage and report an improvement. It may not be real.
China Is Now Giving Money to Encourage Couples to Have More Children
The reversal of the disastrous one-child policy is remarkable. However, the regime still refuses to admit that the brutal enforcement of that policy was a crime.
Ascesa e caduta della politica cinese del figlio unico. 4. Effetti collaterali
La politica del figlio unico ha arrecato gravi danni alla società e all’economia cinesi. Ora è stata abolita ufficialmente, ma i danni continueranno per decenni.
The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 4. Collateral Damage
The policy had catastrophic negative effects. Now it has been officially abolished, but damages will continue for decades.
Ascesa e caduta della politica cinese del figlio unico. 3. Ma ha funzionato?
L’affermazione che la legge “ha impedito 400 milioni di nascite” è considerata falsa da tutti gli studiosi accademici.
The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 3. Did It Work?
The claim that the policy “prevented 400 million births” has been unanimously rejected by scholars as false.
Ascesa e caduta della politica cinese del figlio unico. 2. Da “più tardi, più a lungo, di meno” al figlio unico.
Prima che la normativa sul figlio unico fosse promulgata nel 1979, un brutale controllo delle nascite forzato era già stato introdotto dal 1970.
The Rise and Fall of China’s One-Child Policy. 2. From “Later, Longer, and Fewer” to “One Child”
Poster of 1975 (“before” the one child policy was enacted) promoting the birth control campaign. Source: chineseposters.net.