Parents in China are being offered 3,600 yuan (£375; $500) a year for each of their children under the age of three in the government’s first nationwide subsidy aimed at boosting birth rates.

The country’s birth rate has been falling, even after the ruling Communist Party abolished its controversial one-child policy almost a decade ago.

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    2 days ago

    Ooo you could buy maybe MAYBE buy a months worth of baby supplies on that. Cool. Yeah. That’ll fix everything wrong with everything.