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China needs to boost its population so why not scrap birth caps entirely? The reason might be Xinjiang
CNN
In a bid to arrest a demographic crisis, China this week announced it will allow couples to have three children -- but some critics questioned why the government kept a limit on parents at all?
The answer might lie in Beijing's attitudes towards its ethnic minorities, particularly those in Xinjiang. Since 2017, the Chinese government has strictly enforced its family planning policies on minorities in the far-western province, where Beijing is accused of committing genocide against Muslim-majority Uyghur people. The crackdown caused local birth rates to plunge by a third in 2018.![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250215004209.jpg)
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