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NewsThe ConversationDudley L. Poston Jr., Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University1/15/2026
China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate
AI summaryChina's new condom tax is unlikely to reverse the country's steep population decline, as its fertility rate of 1.0 remains far below the 2.1 replacement level.