China’s population falls again as births drop to lowest rate since 1949 人口減少が止まらない中国 出生率は共産党政権樹立後で最低に
A shopkeeper reads with a child in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on Jan. 16. (Reuters)
BEIJING — A decade after ending China’s longtime one-child policy, authorities are pushing a range of measures to encourage more births, including cash subsidies, taxes on condoms and the removal of taxes on matchmakers and day care centers.
The efforts haven’t paid off yet. China’s population fell...