Can blind dates fix China鈥檚 shrinking population?
Some cities are also offering parents money to have more babies.
China鈥檚 population is shrinking so its government is trying to get more people to have kids by offering financial incentives and its own dating app. But not everyone is on board. Some people, especially young women, aren鈥檛 keen to follow in their parents鈥� more traditional footsteps. The 成人论坛鈥檚 Fan Wang tells us how China got into this situation. Is it fair to put it all on women?
And Mei Fong, the author of 鈥極ne Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment鈥�, talks us through why she thinks an apology from the government over its strict one-child policy could help it persuade more people to have babies.
Plus, our population correspondent, Stephanie Hegarty, explains what China鈥檚 shrinking population could mean for the rest of the world.
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