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

China is paying people to make babies.

Taiwan has failed to oust proccep

lawmakers from its parliament. And maybe

Trump isn't so tough on China after all.

Then more on this week's China news

headlines.

Welcome to China Uncensored. I'm Chris

Chapel. You know what really gets people

in the baby making mood? Money. China

has unveiled child care subsidies in a

push to boost fertility. On Monday, the

central government rolled out an annual

cash handout per child of a sweet

whopping lifealtering

$52

until the age of three, which doesn't

sound like a lot of money, but hey, 600

million people in China make less than

$145 a month. China's been trying for

years now to find a way to boost its

falling birth rate, which is partially

thanks to 35 years of its disastrous one

child policy. Who would have thought

that forcing people to have fewer

babies, would lead to people having

fewer babies?

The policy ended in 2015, but China's

slowing economy and a rising cost of

living, including child care, has

basically rendered the newer two and

then three child policies pretty moot.

The Chinese Communist Party is desperate

because its population keeps aging and

declining, which will make the economy

even worse as time goes on. But adding

people has to be tough for the CCP

since, you know, historically communists

are only good at getting rid of people.

Local governments in China have already

been handing out child care subsidies of

varying amounts, but according to

Shinua, these cash payments will be

handled by the central government

instead. Some analysts are skeptical

this will work, including Professor Emma

Jang at Yale University. She said

without sustained structural investment

in areas like affordable child care,

parental leave, and job protections for

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Taiwan is having a bad time. An effort

to oust China friendly lawmakers from

office in Taiwan has failed. The recall

campaign was one of President William

Liy's measures to crack down on the

CCP's influence, sabotage, and espionage

campaign on the island, especially given

Beijing's increasingly aggressive

rhetoric and seemingly endless military

drills. It targeted legislators from the

opposition KMT party who were seen as

undermining Li's effort and being

friendly to China. But all 24 ended up

still in office. The problem is all

these people were elected in 2024. So

the people in their districts that

already voted for them once just a year

ago have not suddenly changed their

minds. In a few weeks, there will be a

second round of recall petitions

targeting seven more opposition

legislators. But with the failure of

this round, it doesn't seem like Liy's

party, the DPP, will be able to break

the KMT's majority in the legislature.

Professor Albert Chio of Changhai

University says this means that lies

anti-China angle is losing traction and

that anti-communist China narratives

need to be more targeted and patient.

What's there to say? Don't invade us.

Pretty please sprinkles on top. And in

another stinging loss for Taiwan, the

Trump administration blocked President

Liy's planned stopover in New York after

China intervened, which I'm sure has

nothing whatsoever to do with the

sensitive trade talks between Washington

and the Chinese Communist Party, which

will surely be a rousing success, as all

talks with China are since they're so

transparent and trustworthy.

Sorry, some sarcasm got stuck in my

throat. President lie planned on

potentially stopping in Dallas and New

York City on his way to visit some

countries that recognize Taiwan,

including Paraguay, Guatemala, and Bise.

But the US told him that he can't visit

New York. And on Monday, his office said

that he isn't going on the trip after

all due to typhoon recovery efforts and

US trade talks. Hopefully, this is only

a delayed trip instead of an outright

cancellation. Because in the backdrop of

the failed vote, it would be very bad

indeed if the island looked like it was

being isolated by what few friends it

had left. I'll choose to remain

optimistic and believe the reason they

were told not to visit New York is

because as a New Yorker, New York is

freaking gross. China is opposing Czech

President Peter Pavl's visit to the Daly

Lama because of course it is. China's

embassy in Prague said it resolutely

opposed his meeting in India with the

Dalai Lama and urged the Czech side to

abide by its one China political

commitment and maintain healthy and

stable relations because nothing says

you're in a healthy and stable

relationship quite like isolating your

partner and telling them who they're not

allowed to see. The president's office

said that the meeting was entirely

private right after a working visit to

Japan. But the CCP said that the checks

should avoid encouraging separatism or

sending wrong pro-independent signals.

Uh yeah, something tells me this guy, a

former NATO general, isn't going to be

intimidated by China's non-stop rambling

about the 90-year-old Daly Lama. This

guy looks like the world's first man to

actually become cooler during a midlife

crisis. Hey, remember like two minutes

ago when I said talks with China are

never productive? Well, in a completely

unrelated story, China US trade talks

concluded without a deal to prevent

tariffs from surging again. This is my

shocked face. Glad we're not letting

Taiwan's president in the country for

that. Both countries representatives

held a two-day meeting in Stockholm

aimed at finding a resolution to the

tariffs both sides imposed on each

other. If no agreement is reached

starting on August 12th, both countries

are set to impose the tariffs. Treasury

Secretary Scott Bessant and US Trade

Representative Jameson Greer tried to

sound a positive note when speaking to

reporters and suggested the talks were

constructive and that a deal could be

made, which sounds like the football

team getting shut out and saying, "We

learned a lot and at least everyone had

a good time."

President Trump also appeared hopeful,

saying he'll speak with the men soon and

that hopefully a deal can be made.

Though to be fair, of course he said

that making deals is his whole brand

along with saying you're fired and

moving his hands while he talks like the

world's chattiest mind. But so far, it

seems that a few important sticking

points remain to be solved. notably

Chinese exports of rare earth minerals

to the US and the first she meeting

since the president's second term began.

We'll just have to wait and see what

happens. But I bet she could get him to

agree with a sweet whopping lifealtering

$52

annual cash handout for his next three

years in office. And before you go,

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