• 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.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    10 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.

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      10 months ago

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

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        10 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.

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          10 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.

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            10 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?

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              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.