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That’s particularly true in China’s cities, where 14.3 percent of total household expenditure goes to children’s education, according to a study published by Peking University last year. Factor in soaring apartment prices, and it’s not altogether surprising that fertility rates in such places as Beijing and Shanghai have dipped below one, probably the lowest in the world, says James Liang, author of The Demographics of Innovation (Wiley, February 2018), a book that looks at the economic implications of China’s aging population. Although fertility is higher in rural areas, women of childbearing age nationwide had an average of just 1.6 offspring last year, which is slightly below Russia and on a par with Canada. (Liang expects the rate in China to start falling again after the initial enthusiasm for the loosened policy dissipates.)In other China news:
Physicists plan to use spiral driveway in Chongqing to search for Higgs boson particles. https://t.co/ubqlNsSkFq pic.twitter.com/dq5oerOonA— Chris Buckley 储百亮 (@ChuBailiang) February 14, 2018
Bridge-top public toilets in Chongqing are a searing test of desperation versus self-consciousness. https://t.co/yznrILeVcE pic.twitter.com/qpvz4sDyO4— Chris Buckley 储百亮 (@ChuBailiang) February 14, 2018
