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🇨🇳CHINA SO DESPERATE TO STOP BIRTH RATE DECLINE—THEY MAY ALLOW CHILD BRIDES? In a shocking move, a national advisor has proposed lowering China’s legal marriage age from 20 for women and 22 for men down to just 16—potentially pushing teenage girls into marriage to boost birth rates. With birth rates at historic lows and 22% of the population over 60, officials are scrambling for solutions. But forcing minors into marriage? Critics are calling it state-sanctioned child exploitation. China already has a crisis of child brides in rural areas, where forced marriages and teenage pregnancies are common. Lowering the legal age would only make it easier for this abuse to spread. How far will China go to reverse its demographic decline? Source: China-Global South Project, BBC, Reuters