China to Allow Couples to Have Three Children to Boost Birthrate

It is really fascinating how rapidly society has transformed on this issue. I have elderly relatives who are still parroting the notion that anywhere outside the West is having too many kids to have a stable population and that issue has been solved so well that countries are doing all they can to have more.

Increasing education, living standards and changing preferences create forces beyond government control. Just allowing and supporting more children is probably not enough.<p>&gt;China’s Population on Track to Peak Before 2025 as Births Drop<p>Almost exactly at the same time as Taiwan&#x27;s population is expected to peak. South Korean and Japanese populations are already in decline.

At this point it seems to be more of a problem of changing the cultural norms that were created by over 30 years of a one child policy but I guess you have to start somewhere.

Not surprising, as the average age is quite high (39) and the lack of a properly funded retirement pension