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[–] rexgao 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

You are very kind and generous. I know many American couples do the same thing, which makes me feel shame for Chinese government. People usually ignore why China has so giant population. That was because Mao, Zedong(died in 1976) and his sidekicks. He mentally 'predicted' that there would be a World War III, and China would lose half of the population due to nuclear weapon. So he encouraged women to conceive more children. That is why my parents' generation usually have 5-10 siblings. Afterward, it turned out that there were too many people. Then the government cruelly implemented one child policy. This is one of the most important felony this Chinese government committed, they are barefacedly treating human beings as tools.

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[–] DomesticGeekWife [S] 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Do you think that China's mass migration to urban areas and high cost of living will continue to restrict the number of children people have/keep, despite the change in this policy?

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[–] rexgao 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That is almost guaranteed. First, I read some journals from Chinese media. It says right now, in Shanghai ( one of the largest cities in China ), each family has 0.7 child averagely. In general urban area, each family has 1.4 kid averagely. This situation means at least Chinese urban population will shrink exponentially in the next generation. Second, my peers hit the late 20 and early 30. In the people I know, who are all living in urban area, only 2 or 3 families plan to have second child. Majority married couples only plan to have one baby due to living cost. Some plan to be childless; there are also some individuals plan to be single, which means 'no baby' in China.
Third, according to other countries' experience, such as: German, Russia, and Japan. They are all encouraging birth but being through hard time.