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China revamps city hall weddings to encourage more babies
Original: China Wants More Babies. So It Is Glamming Up the City Hall Wedding. https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-wants-more-bab
China is giving civil wedding ceremonies a glamorous makeover as part of efforts to boost a birth rate that has fallen to record lows. The Wall Street Journal reports that city hall marriage registrations are being dressed up with nicer venues and fanfare, part of a wider push by Beijing to make marriage and child-rearing more appealing to young couples facing high costs and shifting attitudes.
Why now: Concern over China's shrinking population and falling birth rate keeps pro-natalist policies in the news.
Evidence
- China Wants More Babies. So It Is Glamming Up the City Hall Wedding. https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/china-wants-more-babies-so-it-is-glamming-up-the-city-hall-wedding-84816f21?mod=rss_worldnews # WorldNews # China # Demographics · wsj_world@robot.villas · 2
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