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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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[–] 1 point 2 years ago

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.

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