• PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com
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    10 hours ago

    This seems like overcompensating for the child limit. Are they going to be like a yoyo, swinging from one extreme to the other until they find a balance, like all things should be?

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      5 hours ago

      No country has increased birth rates sustainably without major coersion. China is still using soft coercion and offering incentives.

      • veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        They already have a glut of military aged males with no marriage prospects, if they were serious about invading Taiwan, they could only do it now (also aligns with the fact that America has become more isolationist, Japan hasn’t a serious standing army yet etc.)

        If they are planning for the future, it’s not military, it’s societal.