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Re:Addressing the threat from investments that finance CCP m... by throw0101a on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:03PM (#25731828)
On a related note, while some may think that this is a consequence of China's one-child policy, a reasonable argument can be made that the policy was actually completely unnecessary: the fertility rates had already started plummeting for the 15 years prior to it being announced due to urbanization and other factors:

* https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2016/october/china...

* http://blogs.reuters.com/data-dive/2013/11/18/chinas-one-chi...

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Re:Addressing the threat from investments that finance CCP m... by hker on Monday January 11, 2021 @04:21PM (#25737279)
> the fertility rates had already started plummeting for the 15 years prior to it being announced

Another article supporting this statement, on Chinese demography [1][2]. You may find it interesting.

[1]: https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/chinese-demography

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25558016

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