It's
no
secret
that
people
in
Taiwan
are
having
fewer
babies
than
ever
before
.
In
fact
,
2020
saw
negative
population
growth
for
the
first
time
,
with
around
10
,
000
fewer
births
than
deaths
.
If
birth
rates
don't
rise
,
the
country
faces
a
future
with
shrinking
and
a
disproportionate
number
of
elderly
people
.
However
,
this
isn't
the
first
time
Taiwan
has
faced
trouble
with
its
fertility
rate
?
this
matter
has
presented
challenges
since
the
mid
-
20th
century
.
During
the
1950s
,
the
government
promoted
more
births
and
the
country
experienced
a
baby
boom
.
The
total
fertility
rate
(
TFR
)
,
measured
by
average
births
per
child
-
bearing
woman
,
hit
a
high
of
seven
in
1951
and
was
still
robust
at
4
.
5
by
1966
.
Much
of
the
reason
for
this
was
parents'
experiences
of
high
child
rates
during
their
early
lives
,
along
with
the
traditional
Chinese
belief
that
having
many
was
a
moral
triumph
.
However
,
as
Taiwan's
population
began
consuming
more
and
more
resources
,
the
government
realized
it
may
have
bitten
off
more
than
it
could
chew
.
To
slow
population
growth
,
it
began
family
planning
and
contraception
,
with
the
slogan
?
One
child
is
never
too
few
,
two
is
just
enough
?
used
to
families
to
have
fewer
children
.
The
campaign
worked
,
and
the
TFR
continued
to
drop
until
it
fell
below
the
replacement
rate
of
two
in
the
mid
-
1980s
.
As
births
kept
decreasing
,
though
,
the
government
faced
a
new
problem
?
one
of
an
aging
population
.
Officials
began
encouraging
more
births
again
in
the
late
1990s
,
but
the
number
has
only
continued
to
,
and
it
doesn't
seem
the
trend
will
be
reversed
anytime
soon
.
Currently
,
Taiwan's
TFR
is
among
the
lowest
in
the
world
.
The
introduction
of
family
planning
and
government
are
only
two
of
many
factors
that
have
contributed
to
Taiwan's
low
birth
rates
.
Another
social
change
that
has
had
a
major
impact
is
the
progress
of
women's
rights
.
As
more
opportunities
for
higher
education
have
opened
up
to
women
,
more
are
choosing
to
careers
outside
the
home
and
compete
with
men
in
the
workplace
.
Their
shifting
goals
and
have
caused
many
women
to
delay
or
reject
marriage
and
thus
not
have
children
with
partners
.
Even
for
young
people
who
desire
children
,
insecurity
caused
by
low
wages
and
the
prohibitive
cost
of
childcare
make
it
difficult
to
start
a
family
.
The
lack
of
new
babies
is
already
having
some
visible
effects
on
Taiwanese
society
.
With
a
of
schools
across
the
island
and
not
enough
students
to
fill
them
,
over
500
schools
have
already
closed
due
to
too
many
.
In
the
near
future
,
the
cost
of
caring
for
an
aged
population
will
mean
heavier
financial
burdens
on
taxpayers
.
To
boost
the
birth
rate
,
the
government
has
more
state
-
funded
nurseries
and
subsidies
for
parents
of
newborn
children
.
Whatever
plans
they've
put
in
place
,
though
,
don't
seem
to
be
enough
.
Taiwan's
fertility
problem
is
a
issue
?
we
can
point
to
many
reasons
why
it's
happening
,
and
there
is
no
single
quick
-
fix
solution
to
be
seen
.
But
one
thing
is
for
certain
:
in
order
to
cope
with
Taiwan's
changing
population
,
both
government
and
citizens
need
to
not
only
contemplate
long
-
term
,
meaningful
solutions
that
remove
for
young
people
,
but
also
look
beyond
the
dependency
raised
birth
rates
.
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