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submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world
  • China is one of the world's most unaffordable places to raise a child, a Beijing think tank says.
  • The cost of raising a child compared to GDP per capita is 6.3 times in China, but 4.11 in the US, it said.
  • The cost of raising a child is sinking China's already falling birth rate, the researchers said.
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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 48 points 8 months ago

China has a falling birth rate.

Russia has a falling birth rate.

China has a surplus of men.

Russia has a surplus of women.

Too bad they hate each other.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 42 points 8 months ago

And both have deeply rooted racism problems that make Europe and the Americas look placid by comparison.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

Very much so. You make this suggestion to a lot of Russians or a lot of Chinese and they'll start talking to you about blood purity.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Blood purity leads to blood paucity! Hybrid vigor ftw!

Also, for those who want to know, South Korea is the most expensive place to raise a child.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Apparently, according to what I just looked up, China is the second-highest.

Although I wonder if those are weighted against America's for-profit healthcare system?

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Not sure, although routine medical care for children is one of the few areas that most health insurance plans do a decent job of covering, and/or there's public or charitable resources to help with it.

[-] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Good thing they hate each other

We don't need more of either for war fodder

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I meant too bad for them, but what you're saying could (unfortunately) apply to a lot more countries than those two.

[-] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Yea true but those two stand out as top tier authoritarian states with warmongering aspirations

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Give the U.S. a year.

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