• China is one of the world’s most unaffordable places to raise a child, a Beijing think tank says.
  • The cost of raising a child compared to GDP per capita is 6.3 times in China, but 4.11 in the US, it said.
  • The cost of raising a child is sinking China’s already falling birth rate, the researchers said.
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    4 months ago

    And both have deeply rooted racism problems that make Europe and the Americas look placid by comparison.

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      4 months ago

      Very much so. You make this suggestion to a lot of Russians or a lot of Chinese and they’ll start talking to you about blood purity.

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        4 months ago

        Blood purity leads to blood paucity! Hybrid vigor ftw!

        Also, for those who want to know, South Korea is the most expensive place to raise a child.

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          Apparently, according to what I just looked up, China is the second-highest.

          Although I wonder if those are weighted against America’s for-profit healthcare system?