Friday, July 24, 2009

Coming Home to Roost


A timely piece from the BBC on China's demographic catastrophe resulting from its draconian one-child policy.
Officials in Shanghai are urging parents to have a second child, the first time in decades the government has actively encouraged procreation.

A public information campaign has been launched to highlight exemptions to the country's one-child policy. Couples who were both only children, which includes most of the city's newly-weds, are allowed a second child. The move comes as China's most populous city becomes richer and older, with the number of retired residents soaring.

Incredible.

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