"Their culture is flourishing and their economy booming and the gov't has been trying for years to enforce a fertility rate of 1.0!"
And what they report for last few years is about 1.7 to 1.77
http://www.indexmundi.com/china/total_fertility_rate.html
Keep in mind they want to report a lower number, so it's probably as low as they can make it, while keeping a straight face.
Europe is beating them without specific govt program which forces couples to have 1 child. Which btw, results one more male children than females.
"The one child family policy has been in force in China since 1979 and was intended as a short term measure. To examine the impact of this policy, researchers analysed data from the 2001 national family planning and reproductive health survey.
Data were obtained from 39,585 women aged 15-49. The total birth rate has dropped from 2.9 before the policy to 1.94 in women over 35 and 1.73 in women under 35.
Most women want small families: 35% would prefer one child, 57% preferred two, and only 5.8% more than two. The preferred number decreased with age and higher education, and was lower among women in urban areas.
The male to female ratio was 1.11 in 1980-9 but rose sharply to 1.23 in 1996-2001. The sex ratio for first births was higher in urban areas, where only one child is allowed, suggesting that some people select the sex of their child at first birth."
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/50487.php
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