Parents in China are being offered 3,600 yuan (£375; $500) a year for each of their children under the age of three in the government's first nationwide subsidy aimed at boosting birth rates.

The country's birth rate has been falling, even after the ruling Communist Party abolished its controversial one-child policy almost a decade ago.

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[–] 32 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Make it per month and until the kid is 18 years old, not 3 years, and many will jump at the opportunity. And that would be a lot closer to the real cost of raising a child. The red pill crowd even seems to assume women would see that as a whole career. Oh, the government can't afford that? Then I guess having many children is not economically viable and population shrinking is the only way to go.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago

    "China attempts to trick the poor and uneducated into reproducing"

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This need a picture of great wall with transparent xi floating head and a quote that say "git fucking"

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Band aids, band aids , who doesn't love band aids?

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I am once again asking countries with low birthrates to increase immigration.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    That doesn't even cover a month of childcare

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    In US I assume. How much does childcare cost in China?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    This article talks about cost "relative to its GDP per capita." In the proposal they give flat sum of money. So we are comparing Apple to oranges. Not saying you're wrong, but I still would like to know how much is daycare per month in China. I know in us I pay 2k per month. I doubt it's the same there.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Women generally see a reduction of 2,106 working hours when looking after children aged 0-4 and face an estimated wage loss of 63,000 yuan ($8,700) in the period, the report said, using an hourly wage gauge of 30 yuan per hour. Having a child will also lead to a 12-17% drop in women's wages, the report said.Leisure time will be reduced by 12.6 hours for mothers with one child aged 0-6 and 14 hours for two children.T

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    So they get compensated about quarter of their yearly expenses with this btw bill. If they had an equivalent of this in us I'd get about 6k yearly from gvmt for each child. Not too shabby in my book.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Ooo you could buy maybe MAYBE buy a months worth of baby supplies on that. Cool. Yeah. That'll fix everything wrong with everything.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Gearing up for the future wars. Need as much man power as they can get!

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

    Maybe this will stop Chinese tourists from holding their babies over trash cans, so they can shit into them….

    Because, really, it really seems that what the Chinese could use is diapers, and the training to use them.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Maybe this will stop Chinese tourists from holding their babies over trash cans, so they can shit into them….

    Pardon?

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I get your shock and confusion. The first time I thought, I was also shocked and confused.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Why the hostility? Or have I misread your comment?

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