r/interestingasfuck • u/Red_Lotus_Alchemist • 2d ago

/r/all A Chinese earthquake rescue team deployed drones to light up the night and aid search and rescue operations after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar.

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u/MeanForest 2d ago

Except for the births enough for replacement thing.

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u/kingdave212 2d ago

Isn't that intentional? 1 child policy to reduce numbers over a generation because population growing faster than state can handle?

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u/CharesDuBois 2d ago

That's hasn't been a thing for nearly 10 years.

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u/kingdave212 2d ago

That's why I said a generation. It was never meant to be permanent. Lingering cultural norm of 1 child should be expected though. Population growth will return eventually.

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u/grxccccandice 1d ago

Yes but they never foresaw what would happen once they lifted the restriction - people still don’t wanna have kids, and now they have an aging population.

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u/kingdave212 1d ago

Lingering social norm of one child isn't unexpected. No reason to assume population growth won't return.