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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday August 11 2018, @03:20PM   Printer-friendly
from the one-of-each dept.

China hints at three-child policy with 'happy family' stamps

Speculation is mounting in China that the country is set to further relax its two-child policy and allow people to have more children.

Postage stamps unveiled earlier this week to mark the incoming Year of the Pig in February 2019 have led many social media users to question whether a loosening of family planning restrictions could be imminent.

The stamps show a parent pig couple and three piglets. On the surface, it hardly appears to be a policy announcement. But users on the popular Sina Weibo microblog have pointed out that two years ago, before the one-child policy was abolished, China issued Year of the Monkey stamps featuring two baby monkeys.

And in recent months, the Chinese government has been strongly encouraging couples to have more than one child. Local authorities have even been offering incentives, such as tax breaks, and education and housing subsidies.

A 2015 UN report projected that China's population would decline to about 1 billion by 2100, although some experts put the number even lower.

Related: China's 'Missing Girls' Theory Likely Far Overblown, Study Shows


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday August 11 2018, @09:26PM (1 child)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday August 11 2018, @09:26PM (#720363) Homepage

    As long as they colonize Africa, then it's a win-win situation. African genes get most of the savagery bred out and Africa becomes civilized.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 11 2018, @10:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 11 2018, @10:05PM (#720365)

    We knew EF would have something amazingly stupid to say about this.