China is trying to get people to have more babies
Its efforts are probably in vain
Give officials in Hebei province points for originality. To encourage locals to have more babies, they recently enlisted a troupe of women to shout at them. While banging pots and a drum they yelled out slogans such as, “Giving birth is an important part of life!” and “The three-child policy is good!” The latter refers to an official scheme which encourages women to have up to three children.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Procreative differences”
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