Changes

Xi Jinping had the disastrous Mao-era [[One-child Policy]] scrapped and replaced it with a Two-child Policy on October 29, 2015, which then took effect on January 1, 2016. On May 31, 2021, he announced that married couples will be allowed to have up to three children to deal with an aging population while giving financial support for families, but next month on June 18, he decided to end all childbirth restrictions by 2025.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-plans-further-shift-toward-encouraging-childbirth-11624003448</ref>

Xi Jinping had the disastrous Mao-era [[One-child Policy]] scrapped and replaced it with a Two-child Policy on October 29, 2015, which then took effect on January 1, 2016. On May 31, 2021, he announced that married couples will be allowed to have up to three children to deal with an aging population while giving financial support for families, but next month on June 18, he decided to end all childbirth restrictions by 2025.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-plans-further-shift-toward-encouraging-childbirth-11624003448</ref>

In 2022, the historian [[Niall Ferguson]] indicated that China's population is projected to drop by 50-75% by the end of the century.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2vqnpXWM0Y&t=601s Niall Ferguson on the projected drop of China's population in the 21st century]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and fertility rates]] (China has [[state atheism]]. See: [[Atheism and China]])

In 2022, the historian [[Niall Ferguson]] indicated that China's population is projected to drop by 50-75% by the end of the century due to its low fertility rate.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2vqnpXWM0Y&t=601s Niall Ferguson on the projected drop of China's population in the 21st century]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and fertility rates]] (China has [[state atheism]]. See: [[Atheism and China]])

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