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File Photo: Children play at their tables during a demonstration of the use of sneeze guards at a nursery school as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Velbert, Germany, April 8, 2021. REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler
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As births slow in China and US, ex-laggard Germany bucks trend

Europe's largest economy used to have one of the lowest fertility rates in the region as conservative social norms and policies made it hard for women to reconcile families and work, crimping...

Xinjiang in far western China had the sharpest known decline in birthrates between 2017 and 2019 of any territory in recent history, according to a new analysis by an Australian think tank. Photo: AP via Hindustan Times
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China uses coercive policies in Xinjiang to drive down Uyghur birth rates, think tank says