China used to fine couples for having too many babies. Now it can’t pay them enough
- Posted on August 5, 2025
- By CNN
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China used to fine couples for having too many babies. Now it can’t pay them enough

Pessimistic about the future, young people in China don’t want to have children – a growing trend that worries the government as it tries to avert a population crisis of its own making.