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Chinese women have had it. Their response to Beijing’s demands for more children? No. 

Fed up with government harassment and wary of the sacrifices of child-rearing, many young women are putting themselves ahead of what Beijing and their families want. Their refusal has set off a crisis for the Communist Party, which desperately needs more babies to rejuvenate China’s aging population.

With the number of babies in free fall—fewer than 10 million were born in 2022, compared with around 16 million in 2012—China is headed toward a demographic collapse. China’s population, now around 1.4 billion, is likely to drop to just around half a billion by 2100, according to some projections. Women are taking the blame.

In October, Chinese Leader Xi Jinping urged the state-backed All-China Women’s Federation to “prevent and resolve risks in the women’s field,” according to an official account of the speech.

“It’s clear that he was not talking about risks faced by women but considering women as a major threat to social stability,” said Clyde Yicheng Wang, an assistant professor of politics at Washington and Lee University who studies Chinese government propaganda.

The State Council, China’s top government body, didn’t respond to questions about Beijing’s population policies.

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[–] chitak166@lemmy.world 63 points 10 months ago (10 children)

From the 1 child policy to this?

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 32 points 10 months ago (7 children)

There's a lot of crazy things in China that are related to this. Not just one child policy. There's a whole crisis of sexuality in China.

[–] storcholus@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you have an article on that? I always think of Japan with that issue, or do I have that mixed up?

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think a lot of countries are having similar issues. I think South Korea is another one.

[–] Shialac@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hell, even most western countries have the same issues

[–] Chriswild@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

But many of those same western countries level out the population decay with immigration. To my knowledge South Korea, Japan, and China don't have as much immigration.

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