China is one of the most unaffordable places in the world to raise a child, ranking higher than the US and Japan, per Yuwa Population Research.
  • 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.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    20·
    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.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      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.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        41·
        4 months ago

        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?