China Tries to Boost Births by Taxing Contraceptives

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News outlets report that China is trying to raise its birthrate by taxing contraceptives.

For many years, China imposed a one-child policy on its citizens, and the country did not tax contraceptives.

However, China’s population has shrunk three years in a row, and the U.N. projects China will lose 3.2 million people this year — more than the entire population of Arkansas.

To stop the population decline, China has lifted its one-child policy, and last year Beijing announced it would offer parents up to $1,500 per child as an incentive to raise families.

Starting this month, the country will levy a 13% sales tax on contraceptives. Many experts agree that raising the price of contraceptive probably won’t have a meaningful impact on China’s birthrate, but it does underscore how serious China’s situation has become.

Most developed nations are dealing with declining birthrates — including countries like Japan and the U.S. — but not to the same degree as China.

Experts have expressed concern again and again over China’s declining population. In 2020, officials from the Chinese Communist Party said China’s fertility rate had fallen to dangerously low levels. In early 2023, China’s National Bureau of Statistics released data showing the country’s population had begun plummeting.

Without a growing population, it’s difficult for countries to maintain strong communities, a vibrant workforce, or a healthy economy. The Chinese Communist Party spent decades promoting the idea that having fewer children would be good for China, but that simply is not how society works.

Societies thrive off healthy, stable families. That’s part of the reason Family Council has spent more than 36 years promoting, protecting, and strengthening traditional family values in Arkansas. When families succeed, everyone benefits.

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China Set to Lose Population Greater Than Arkansas’ by Next Year

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A recent article in Newsweek highlights the dramatic population decline facing China after decades of anti-family policies.

According to U.N. projections, China’s population will shrink by 3.2 million people next year — more than the population of Arkansas — and it is projected to decline by more than 40 million people over the next 10 years — roughly equivalent to the entire population of California.

By 2050, the country could lose a staggering 140 million people.

This is not the first time experts have expressed concern over China’s declining population. In 2020, officials from the Chinese Communist Party said China’s fertility rate had fallen to dangerously low levels. In early 2023, China’s National Bureau of Statistics released data showing the country’s population had begun plummeting.

Most developed nations are dealing with declining birthrates — including countries like Japan and the U.S. — but not to the same degree as China.

Without a growing population, it’s difficult for countries to maintain strong communities, a vibrant workforce, or a healthy economy. The Chinese Communist Party spent decades promoting the idea that having fewer children would be good for China, but that simply is not how society works.

Societies thrive off healthy, stable families. That’s part of the reason Family Council has spent more than 36 years promoting, protecting, and strengthening traditional family values in Arkansas. When families succeed, everyone benefits.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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University of Tennessee Ends Agreement with China After Prompting from Congress

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News outlets report the University of Tennessee has ended an agreement with the China Scholarship Council. The council works with China’s Ministry of Education to support scholarships for Chinese students in America.

The school’s decision comes after a congressional committee recently sent letters urging it and six other universities in America to cut ties with the Chinese organization.

The congressional committee alleges the China Scholarship Council is “a CCP-managed technology transfer effort that exploits U.S. institutions and directly supports China’s military and scientific growth.” The committee also points out the council has come under fire “due to concerns over academic freedom, surveillance of students, ideological control, and potential espionage.”

For years, pundits and elected officials have expressed concerns about the Chinese Communist Party conducting espionage and stealing intellectual property through higher education programs in the U.S.

In July of 2020, FBI Director Christopher Wray gave a report on the threat China poses, saying, “If you are an American adult, it is more likely than not that China has stolen your personal data.”

In 2021 the U.S. Senate passed a measure intended to clamp down on Chinese propaganda on America’s college campuses.

In 2021 the Arkansas Legislature passed Act 1020 by Sen. Mark Johnson and Rep. Mary Bentley prohibiting schools in Arkansas from hosting any entity affiliated with the People’s Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party, or China’s People’s Liberation Army. The law helps keep organizations associated with the Chinese Communist Party away from Arkansas’ college campuses.

You Can Read Act 1020 of 2021 Here.

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