Why are fewer Chinese women having children? | DW News

Why are western women always trying to tell other women what they should do?

This is not so much a problem as being presented. China has one billion more people than the USA. That's a lot of people, and will act as a buffer from the population decline being predicted. Also, there is an enormous number of very poor people in China's countryside. This fact is covered up as much as possible by CCP censorship. What this means is that there are hundreds of millions of people available in the sidelines to replace any lost population decline by city folk who are not reproducing.

So what population issues???......

On chinas birth rates now??..
We all just calculated ?.. president xi already asked china to give births to 4 or more children??.. the more the merrier?? .. so we calculate 1,600,000,000 × 4 children and =6.4 billion population mighty china will has soon?? ...

The simple reason is pushing women into workforce, most manufacturing plants deliberately hire only female workers

Makes me wonder when forced pregnancy will happen…

The World is not getting any bigger So no Country should see more and more babies as a solution. Quality over Quantity, Automation Realistic solutions.

feminism lol

China sounds absolutely miserable.

I've met so many women from China who are happier in Canada and the US. We don't ask illegal questions about marriage or child rearing in interviews, they're paid almost as well as men. They don't face as much gender discrimination in Western countries compared to China

j中国2023年新生儿仅仅约10000000人 以往都是40000000婴儿到50000000婴儿 原因是中国的房价 太高 年轻人 都处处于事业上升期 没有时间爱情 婚姻 生育 ，我计划35随结婚 40岁 生育 事业失败的人 一般会把希望放在下一代

It's no rocket science. The root cause is money. Everything is expensive these days that means someone needs to work and work because if you don't then no income. We are even having a hard time sustaining our own lives what more if we bring another mouth to feed and send to school. Wait, it's not only about food and school, children also have other needs and if you know yourself you can't provide those then i believe it's better to not have them in the first place. Why bring another human to struggle in this economy?

Yo fix the mic unwatchable

Fundamentally it comes down to lack of financial freedom. Working is not optional in most societies. Limited income, cost of education, cost of living. If housing, food, transport weren't so high. People wouldn't be so reluctant to have children. Declining birth rates is happening globally. I don't think it's a bad thing. The social and economic mind set needs to change or it will be a problem.

Fewer generation of workers to support the ultra rich

Western countries that have much more gender equality are also experiencing population decline… so this guest has no idea what she’s talking about

No children. No marriage. Financial independence . No relying on others

Society tends to blame women. If men and society didn't put most of the chores and childcare responsibilities on the women, as well as not discriminate in the workplace, it would not be as much as a problem. And how about the "bachelors" living a wayward and womanizing lifestyle without taking responsibility?

bc no one had any money🇺🇸

If female empowerment somehow caused the birth rate to increase, you can bet the powers that be (and the scientists who advise them) would NOT be in support of it. Certainly not enforcing it like they are now pretty much everywhere.

It’s the economy

Women are liberated now, cheers

Remeber guys, even if China birthrates are at negative, 1,4 billion people will not disappear in just a few year.

China's population collapse is the number one reason why china will never surpass the USA or ever be a global superpower. Not in our lifetime.

The CPC does not lack newborns, but livestock that can be exploited by them all the time！

Did she just say 'non-binary'? Thats part of the problem 😂

Remember, 'rights' only exist if someone is capable and willing to defend them. If the CCP need to go draconian, they will. I think we are in for some turbulent times.

GOV let home price too high. labor law is invalid and work 996

Lot of people complaining about cost of living here.
We are all responsible for this.
40 years ago below items didn’t exist.
1) Internet, monthly payments, I work from home 2 days a week, I was paying for 15 mbps down, 5 up, I see people paying lot more for 500 mbps, most people don’t need this.
2) smart phones, people buy new phone every 2 years.
3) food delivery, heard that most people order food delivery 2 times a week.
4) busying new electronics like laptops, desktop, gaming consoles, TVs

People can save lot of money if they want but they don’t.
At the end complain about increase cost of living.

Not wanting children is a global issue. Not just China.

Cost of living

Apparently this woman has never heard of the wall 🧱... which is crazy since it appears she hit face first into it

The one child policy affected the lower fertility rate but not by much. Look at South Korea and Japan experiencing the same issue. Projections are that in 150 years Japan as the nation we know today will no longer exist.

You can’t force Chinese women to get married and have babies, you say? I’ll bet the CCP would accept that challenge. I see baby farms in China’s future.

This is a global issue, not just in China.

I bet she has never been to China，much less understand new generation of chinese women.

Mao saw Chinese population as his canon folders to fight global wars. The more the merrier. If the Chinese population keeps growing at pace before, say, when they have 3 billion, they would certainly invade Taiwan, on top of that they will greatly pollute and deplete all resources on this increasingly fragile planet.

Having children used to be so full feeling and fun for people. Society has changed so much and the costs associated with children are too much in cities

You have to worry about your own low birth rate in Europe. China is doing fine and has 1.4 billion people. Only about 2 millions less than last year and not a big deal

Demoralisation and social atomisation.

Congratulations 🎊🎉🎈 Chineses protest against communist ideology mind Control.

Not defending China but they picked an interviewer out of touch with ground realities. Well of middle class women make choices about pregnancy as an option. Most of China's women choose not to have kids because they can barely afford to feed and house themselves, having a kid would mean deeper poverty. So why would they have a kid, its not an option. You look at poor rural countries they choose to have kids because they need them to support the family. You do not get that dimension in majority urban countries.

When the environment becomes harsh, animals will reduce or even stop reproducing. This is their nature, and the same for human beings. The most macro-level reason is China’s economy. Those dark sides previously obscured by the economic boom are gradually being exposed now, such as inequality in income distribution, inequality between men and women, exorbitant housing prices, and the lingering effects of the one-child policy, etc. The most serious problem is class solidification, which is a dilemma faced by most people (even not a male-female issue). If the children of working class work hard all their lives, but still won't get more than the children of the rich when they are born, what could be the meaning of living like slaves then? I think South Korea is in the same predicament.

Refusal to have children ——this is the silent resistance of China's young generation to excessive work pressure and class solidification, which is much more than a gender topic. When some bosses go beyond labor laws to exploit employees, they say, "why does it have to be you? If you don't do this job, many other people will do." And the official knows everything, but keeps indifferent. Now every time the news promotes having more children, young people will fight back with "why does it have to be me? If I don't have children, many other people will do."

Japan has had this for the last twenty years.

The sound is bad, so I can't hear distinctly all what the woman says. Could you fix It please?

As always you talk as if only "women have children". Men have nothing to do with it? Maybe stop dumping all the responsibiliyu for having kids and raising kids only on women, just a thought.

lol, I am that one-child generation Chinese woman, and I am not "contributing" and I don't even live in China :) No kids, thanks! To be honest, I don't think it is just "China", it is a global trend in many countries.

Stop having babies, go for baby boys, then go for babies again... Have 3 of them. I took it personally, although I am Latvian. I'm not married, have no kids, and have no resources nor willingness to give birth to little humans. PERIOD.

Women will never choose children over a career until having children is part of why they become financially secure. Long ago that was through marriage as a wife and their desire to have a children with their husband to secure the marriage, since she got her income from her husband.
Now that system is no longer an option, women will never, at scale choose children in large enough numbers to replace or even grow the population in any nation

Listen, everything is well and good while someone is able to physically take care of themselves. Eventually, everyone's body and mind starts to break down at a certain age. Who is most likely going to be there to take care of an elderly person? It would most likely be the children of that aging parent. I wish these strong and independent women well, they are going to need it.