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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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[–] 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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