There's a battle for people brewing — and Florida is schooling the competition

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People are flocking to Florida, and it's not just because of the sunshine and beaches.

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There's a battle for people brewing — and the Sunshine State is winning

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 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 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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