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LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
Mon Jan 19, 2015, 07:04 PM Jan 2015

Year of the Sheep may be bad for birthrate in China

http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-zodiac-babies-20150119-story.html?track=lat-pick

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Chen Lei runs a Shanghai business that helps pregnant Chinese women fly to Southern California and give birth in hospitals in Whittier, Fountain Valley, Pomona and other nearby cities. But come Feb. 19 — when the Chinese New Year begins, closing out the year of the horse and ushering in the year of the sheep — he's anticipating a sharp drop in clientele for his company, Xiduo Baby.

"We expect the number of women who will give birth via our center during the year of the sheep to fall by around 30%. There's nothing we can do about it," Chen lamented. "It's because of this expression: 'Only 1 out of 10 sheep people can find happiness in their lives.'"
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Year of the Sheep may be bad for birthrate in China (Original Post) LiberalElite Jan 2015 OP
that sounds *good* for the birthrate, to me. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2015 #1
We need to repeat the Year of the Sheep for a couple of decades or more. The Stranger Jan 2015 #2

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
1. that sounds *good* for the birthrate, to me.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:37 AM
Jan 2015

Anything that reduces the global numbers.....and this way isn't even violent? Even better.

The Stranger

(11,297 posts)
2. We need to repeat the Year of the Sheep for a couple of decades or more.
Tue Jan 20, 2015, 01:32 PM
Jan 2015

See if we can resuscitate this planet we have already destroyed.

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