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People disembark from a ferry after crossing the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, February 25, 2025. REUTERS/Go Nakamura
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By — Huizhong Wu, Associated Press
Jan 19, 2026 1:56 PM EST
BANGKOK (AP) — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one?
A decade after ending China’s longtime one-child policy, the country’s authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births — tactics that range from cash subsidies to taxing condoms to eliminating a tax on matchmakers and day care centers.
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