China's so desperate to boost its birth rates, it's even cracking down on customary betrothal gifts for brides to help people get married more easily

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A bride dressed in a traditional Chinese wedding dress and a groom pose for pictures with the corner tower of the Forbidden City in the background in Beijing, China.
China's trying hard to boost marriages and a flagging birth rate.

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A small Japanese town charges visitors to learn its baby-making tips

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Social safety net programs, including policies engineered toward affordable childcare, are likely helping the population of Nagi, Japan thrive.

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Self-centered boomers destroyed the economy — and now millennials and Gen Z are paying the price

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Boomers have created a bottleneck of workers and housing, crippling the economy for millennials and Gen Z.

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Their greed destroyed the economy — and now millennials and Gen Z are paying the price

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

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Citizens walk on a street in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan 17, 2023.
China's encouraging its citizens to have more children amid a shrinking population.

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China's people shortage is a grim omen for the rest of the world

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China's shrinking population is a grim omen for the rest of the world

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China will lose half its population by the end of the century. The population decline is a warning for the US and Europe.

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The country's shrinking population is a grim omen for the rest of the world

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