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China's Declining Birth Rate and Factors Contributing to It

This chapter discusses the factors that contribute to the declining birth rate in China, including the impact of the one-child policy, changing ideas about a good life beyond marriage and children at a young age, rising cost of living, challenges faced by single women seeking fertility treatments, discrimination and gender norms in the workplace, lack of adequate childcare, and low trust in institutions for children's welfare.

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