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China has a birth-rate problem. It's also the 2nd-least affordable country in the world to raise a child, says a Beijing think tank. (www.businessinsider.com)
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  • 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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[–] 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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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  • [–] 43 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Good thing they hate each other

    We don't need more of either for war fodder

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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  • [+] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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