Three child policy

[hullexile]

Just think of all the baby milk powder

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57303592

[Cheeky Kiwi]

Too little too late.

[vmlinuz]

They're going to have to start the typical fascist campaign to have pure Han children for the motherland and the Fuh-uh-Chairman...

[Coolboy]

Too little too late.

Yup. Without positive incentives for couples to have children, this by itself will not change the low birth rate. The cost of childcare, competing priorities for women in a modern workforce, lack of support from employers, etc, will continue to adversely impact birth rates.

[Mcdavid]

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Why aren't you asking her then?

[TheDevil_666]

We sure need more people.

[TheBrit]

The last relaxation was in 2016 (allowing 2 child per couple), and number of births in China has fallen every year since.

2016 17.9 million
2017 17.2
2018 15.2
2019 14.7
2020 12.0

Obviously 2020 is covid-19 related, but the trend is very clear.

[Cegaiga]

To get more babies, I don't think saying hey you can have a third is the answer.

Offer more incentives for new families. Benefits and what not.

[jimbo_jones]

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Depends - if her family had sway in the party -> pay a fine (in Guangdong it was meant to be multiple of annual salary) and have more children. I suspect the fine was waived, or put as some fraction of average salary, etc. Depends on where the births were registered and how they got the residency permit. I suspect the usual bribery/family relations / party favours.

If you were in a poorer place, the local party folks would harass you, force some sterilisation on the mother, abort the baby (even late term), have some onerous fine, kick you out of public/subsidized housing, terminate your government job, etc.

[aw451]

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You could pay a corrupt local official or, if in a village, you could just not register the child.

Source: live with mainlander who did the above.