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Well That's One Way To Solve China's Demographic Crisis...

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    China is paying people to make babies.
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    Taiwan has failed to oust proccep
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    lawmakers from its parliament.
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    And maybe Trump isn't so tough on China after all.
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    Then more on this week's China news headlines.
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    Welcome to China Uncensored. I'm Chris Chapel
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    . You know what really gets people
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    in the baby making mood? Money.
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    China has unveiled child care subsidie
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    s in a push to boost fertility.
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    On Monday, the central government rolled out an annual
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    cash handout per child of a sweet
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    whopping lifealtering
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    $52
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    until the age of three,
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    which doesn't sound like a lot of money, but hey,
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    600 million people in China make less than
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    $145 a month.
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    China's been trying for years now to find a way to boost its
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    falling birth rate, which is partially
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    thanks to 35 years of its disastrous one child policy
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    . Who would have thought
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    that forcing people to have fewer
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    babies, would lead to people having fewer babies?
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    The policy ended in 2015,
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    but China's slowing economy and a rising cost of
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    living, including child care, has
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    basically rendered the newer two and
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    then three child policies pretty moot.
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    The Chinese Communist Party is desperate
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    because its population keeps aging and
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    declining, which will make the economy
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    even worse as time goes on.
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    But adding people has to be tough for the CCP
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    since, you know, historically communists
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    are only good at getting rid of people.
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    Local governments in China have already
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    been handing out child care subsidies of
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    varying amounts, but according to
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    Shinua, these cash payments will be
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    handled by the central government instead
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    . Some analysts are skeptical this will work
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    , including Professor Emma
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    Jang at Yale University.
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    She said without sustained structural investment
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    in areas like affordable child care,
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    parental leave, and job protections for
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    women, the effect on fertility is likely
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    to remain minimal
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    Taiwan is having a bad time.
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    An effort to oust China friendly lawmakers from
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    office in Taiwan has failed.
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    The recall campaign was one of President William
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    Liy's measures to crack down on the
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    CCP's influence, sabotage, and espionage
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    campaign on the island, especially given
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    Beijing's increasingly aggressive
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    rhetoric and seemingly endless military drills
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    . It targeted legislators from the
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    opposition KMT party who were seen as
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    undermining Li's effort
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    and being friendly to China
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    . But all 24 ended up still in office.
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    The problem is all these people were elected in 2024.
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    So the people in their districts that
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    already voted for them once just a year
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    ago have not suddenly changed their minds
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    . In a few weeks, there will be a
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    second round of recall petitions
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    targeting seven more opposition legislators
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    . But with the failure of this round
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    , it doesn't seem like Liy's
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    party, the DPP, will be able to break
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    the KMT's majority in the legislature.
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    Professor Albert Chio of Changhai
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    University says this means that lies
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    anti-China angle is losing traction and
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    that anti-communist China narratives
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    need to be more targeted and patient.
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    What's there to say? Don't invade us.
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    Pretty please sprinkles on top. And in
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    another stinging loss for Taiwan,
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    the Trump administration blocked President
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    Liy's planned stopover in New York
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    after China intervened,
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    which I'm sure has nothing whatsoever to do with the
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    sensitive trade talks between Washington
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    and the Chinese Communist Party,
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    which will surely be a rousing success
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    , as all talks with China are since they're so transparent and trustworthy.
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    Sorry, some sarcasm got stuck in my throat
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    . President lie planned on
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    potentially stopping in Dallas and New York City
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    on his way to visit some countries that recognize Taiwan,
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    But the US told him that he can't visit New York
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    . And on Monday, his office said
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    that he isn't going on the trip after
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    all due to typhoon recovery efforts and
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    US trade talks.
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    Hopefully, this is only a delayed trip instead of an outright cancellation
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    . Because in the backdrop of
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    the failed vote, it would be very bad
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    indeed if the island looked like it was
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    being isolated by what few friends it had left
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    . I'll choose to remain
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    optimistic and believe the reason they
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    were told not to visit New York is
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    because as a New Yorker, New York is
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    freaking gross. China is opposing Czech
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    President Peter Pavl's visit to the Daly
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    Lama because of course it is.
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    China's embassy in Prague said it resolutely
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    opposed his meeting in India with the
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    Dalai Lama and urged the Czech side to
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    abide by its one China political
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    commitment and maintain healthy and
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    stable relations because nothing says
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    you're in a healthy and stable
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    relationship quite like isolating your
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    partner and telling them who they're not allowed to see
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    . The president's office
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    said that the meeting was entirely
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    private right after a working visit to Japan
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    . But the CCP said that the checks
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    should avoid encouraging separatism or
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    sending wrong pro-independent signals.
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    Uh yeah, something tells me this guy, a
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    former NATO general, isn't going to be
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    intimidated by China's non-stop rambling
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    about the 90-year-old Daly Lama.
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    This guy looks like the world's first man to
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    actually become cooler during a midlife crisis
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    . Hey, remember like two minutes
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    ago when I said talks with China are
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    never productive? Well, in a completely
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    unrelated story, China US trade talks
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    concluded without a deal to prevent
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    tariffs from surging again.
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    This is my shocked face.
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    Glad we're not letting Taiwan's president in the country for that
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    . Both countries representatives
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    held a two-day meeting in Stockholm
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    aimed at finding a resolution to the
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    tariffs both sides imposed on each other
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    . If no agreement is reached
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    starting on August 12th, both countries
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    are set to impose the tariffs.
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    TreasurySecretary Scott Bessant and US Trade
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    Representative Jameson Greer tried to
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    sound a positive note when speaking to
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    reporters and suggested the talks were
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    constructive and that a deal could be made
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    , which sounds like the football
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    team getting shut out and saying,
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    "We learned a lot and at least everyone had a good time."
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    President Trump also appeared hopeful,
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    saying he'll speak with the men soon and
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    that hopefully a deal can be made.
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    Though to be fair, of course he said
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    that making deals is his whole brand
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    along with saying you're fired and
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    moving his hands while he talks like the
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    world's chattiest mind.
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    But so far, it seems that a few important sticking
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    points remain to be solved.
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    notably Chinese exports of rare earth minerals
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    to the US and the first she meeting
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    since the president's second term began.
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    We'll just have to wait and see what happens
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    . But I bet she could get him to
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    agree with a sweet whopping lifealtering $52
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    annual cash handout for his next three years in office
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    . And before you go,
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    This is not investment advice.
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    Once again, I'm Chris Chapel. See you next time.
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