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There is an article from 9:00 PM this day, "Why China's Marriage Crisis Is An Existential Threat To The Country" https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4106860/posts(Caution: Epoch Times is associated with Falun Gong.) From the perspective of Patrick Woods' technocracy.news In 1970, Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote "Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era", the major content of the "Trilateral Commission" section of his Wikipedia biography. He established the Trilateral Commission in 1974 with David Rockefeller in 1974. About this time, Nixon visited China. Mao had died. China's ancient culture was razed by the Cultural Revolution. Milton Friedman was preaching the gospel of capitalism to...

On Thursday, the National Health Commission issued a statement saying it will conduct research to “further stimulate birth potential.” It said the initiative will focus first on northeastern China, the country’s former industrial heartland that has seen a major population decline as young people and families depart for better opportunities elsewhere. The region comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang saw its total population decline for the seventh straight year by 427,300 in 2019 over 2018. Authorities said last week that registered new births fell 15.3% last year to just 10 million.

While it is a good sign that the government will allow affected families to have more children, I wonder how Chinese people feel about the wording of this policy exemption? The underlying message behind the government’s announcement seems to be that “we know that your injured son or daughter may be now completely useless so we will allow you to have another try.” In addition, the fact that Chinese parents in the region will not have to continue paying fines on dead children that the Chinese government never wanted to see born in the first place can hardly be construed...