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China bans AI “boyfriends” and “girlfriends” over addiction and birth rate concerns (www.dexerto.com)
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[–] 16 points 2 months ago (7 children)

And wasn't China very recently concerned about their birthrate being too high? One Child Policy?

Now they're already concerned about their birth rate being too low?

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  • [–] 47 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    The one-child policy was abolished in 2015, but birth rates have continued to decline after that. They currently have one of the world's lowest fertility rates.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Well yes, but also no. I think it was only really heavily policed in the 70s and early 80s then was lifted so regional and rural could have a second child (wiki says by '84 the single child policy only impacted 35% of the population). Still goes to show by forcibly dropping birthrates how much it destroys future planning

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Still goes to show by forcibly dropping birthrates how much it destroys future planning.

    Looking at all the other countries, it may not have had an impact on future birthrates at all.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Looking at all the other countries, it may not have had an impact on future birthrates at all.

    Yes, and if they didn't have the policy in the past, then today's birth rates would be even more devastating for the demographic

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Yeah true regarding birthrates.. but I think it probably catapulted median age

    This website states that in 1960 median age was around 20 (comparable internationally), median age in 2025 was 42( international was 31)

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