China is one of the most unaffordable places in the world to raise a child, ranking higher than the US and Japan, per Yuwa Population Research.
  • China is one of the world’s most unaffordable places to raise a child, a Beijing think tank says.
  • The cost of raising a child compared to GDP per capita is 6.3 times in China, but 4.11 in the US, it said.
  • The cost of raising a child is sinking China’s already falling birth rate, the researchers said.
  • PugJesus
    42•9 months ago

    And both have deeply rooted racism problems that make Europe and the Americas look placid by comparison.

    • Flying Squid
      25•9 months ago

      Very much so. You make this suggestion to a lot of Russians or a lot of Chinese and they’ll start talking to you about blood purity.

      • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
        12•9 months ago

        Blood purity leads to blood paucity! Hybrid vigor ftw!

        Also, for those who want to know, South Korea is the most expensive place to raise a child.

        • Flying Squid
          3•9 months ago

          Apparently, according to what I just looked up, China is the second-highest.

          Although I wonder if those are weighted against America’s for-profit healthcare system?

          • @Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
            1•9 months ago

            Not sure, although routine medical care for children is one of the few areas that most health insurance plans do a decent job of covering, and/or there’s public or charitable resources to help with it.