The Fifth Floor: China's empty maternity wards
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China's Maternity Crisis: A Demographic Shift
This chapter explores the decline in birth rates in China and the closure of maternity wards, tracing its roots to the one-child policy and the societal impacts it created. It examines the economic challenges and changing cultural attitudes affecting family planning, alongside the implications for the future of maternal healthcare in the country.
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