Well, Harry, looks like China's policy had.....umm.....unintended
consequences.
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The one-child policy, which was implemented nationwide in 1980, forced
down China’s fertility rate for two generations, and the introduction
of the two-child policy in 2016 has failed to boost it. Even according
to the inflated official figures, China’s fertility rate was only 1.3
children per woman in 2020 and 1.1-1.2 children per woman in 2021,
well below the rates of 1.8, 1.7, and 1.5 predicted by the Chinese
authorities, the United Nations, and the US Census Bureau,
respectively. As a result, the authorities announced a population
increase of only 480,000 in 2021, compared to increases of two million
in 2020 and 4.7 million in 2019. It therefore seems inevitable that
China’s population will begin to decline in 2022, nine years earlier
than expected. China is facing a demographic crisis that exceeds the
imagination of the Chinese authorities and the international
community. In fact, China’s demographic crisis is much worse than
official figures suggest. That is why the authorities have rushed out
a series of measures over the past few months, including restrictions
on abortion. Likewise, crackdowns on private tutors are part of an
effort to lower the cost of parenting.
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https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-abortion-restrictions-demographic-crisis-by-yi-fuxian-2022-04
Looks like they're getting concerned about a growing decline in their
population increase. Can't be a world power if your population starts
to decrease.