China Will Tax Contraceptives in a Bid to Improve Birth Rates

Amid historically low birth rates and economic pressures from its aging population, China will eliminate a decades-old tax ...

Birth control: China slaps new taxes on condoms, contraceptives in effort to boost birth rates

It’s a taxing time for sweethearts in China. After a 30-year exemption, the country is slapping a 13% sales tax on condoms, birth control pills and devices, hoping to boost its declining birth rates ...
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China offers parents £375 per child to tackle declining birth rate

China will offer parents an annual childcare subsidy of 3,600 yuan (£376) in an effort to arrest the country’s declining birth rate. The scheme, announced on Monday, will cover all children under ...

China bets on an unusual demographic fix, raises tax on condoms to spark baby boom

China’s plummeting birth rate has made its leadership anxious, with the government now shifting from its stringent one-child ...
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Does a Falling Birth Rate Threaten China’s Future?

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. China’s birth rate is falling below replacement ...
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China’s one-child policy hangover: Scarred women dismiss Beijing’s pro-birth agenda

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. “What are your parents’ names?” Fang, then a ...