DALIAN, China Two years after ending its one-child policy, China's efforts to raise the birthrate have hit a snag as a shortage of kindergartens makes having a second child too costly for many couples.
Officials are scrambling to boost the birthrate in order to address the country's daunting demographic challenges -- namely a rapidly aging population and a shrinking workforce.
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