Ending China's birth controls will not spark baby boom

Cost plays bigger role than state policy in deciding whether to have children

FT Confidential Research

China may scrap its notorious birth restrictions entirely as the leadership belatedly realizes that the country needs more babies. But getting the Communist Party out of the bedroom will not be enough to address China's demographic challenges, an FT Confidential Research survey of urban consumers shows.

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