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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.