Commentary
Last fall, Xi Jinping, leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), announced that Chinese women must have babies, or, as he put it, begin a “new trend of family” in China.
Thinking About China
Opinion
Will Tomorrow’s Chinese Be Born in a Lab?
China’s leaders are panicking over rapid population decline—but their response is chilling.
Children paint on a plastic sheet at a park on International Children's Day in Haian, Jiangsu Province, China, on June 1, 2022. STR/AFP via Getty Images
James Gorrie
Author
James R. Gorrie is the author of “The China Crisis” (Wiley, 2013) and writes on his blog, TheBananaRepublican.com. He is based in Southern California.
