A Chinese city is offering couples almost $2,900 to have a third child and some others are giving newlyweds paid marriage leave to help boost the birth rate

• The Chinese city of Hangzhou is giving $2,900 to parents welcoming a third child this year.
• Some other cities are giving almost 30 days of marriage leave to boost the birth rate.
• China's dealing with a demographic crisis as its population shrinks for the first time in 60 years.

China, the world's second-largest economy and one of the world's most populous countries, is trying to get its citizens to have more babies.