{"id":39237,"date":"2015-01-21T00:47:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T16:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=39237"},"modified":"2025-01-07T22:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T03:59:45","slug":"30000-beijing-couples-apply-for-second-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/21\/30000-beijing-couples-apply-for-second-child\/","title":{"rendered":"30,000 Beijing couples apply for second child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_116493889.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39296\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_116493889.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_116493889\" width=\"4992\" height=\"3328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_116493889.jpg 4992w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_116493889-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_116493889-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4992px) 100vw, 4992px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BEIJING &#8212; More than 30,000 Beijing couples have applied to have a second child since the capital eased its one-child policy in February of last year, the Beijing Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 30,305 applicants, 28,778 were approved.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy soft cialis online <a href=\"https:\/\/physiciansalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/soft-cialis.html\">https:\/\/physiciansalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/soft-cialis.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> The number is lower than the 50,000 expected, the deputy head of the commission, Zhong Dongbo, said at a press conference.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis super force online <a href=\"https:\/\/physiciansalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-super-force.html\">https:\/\/physiciansalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-super-force.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of couples who may have a second child have chosen not to have them this year, but this does not mean that they won&#8217;t have them in the future,&#8221; Zhong said. &#8220;Maybe they&#8217;re just not ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Economic cost,&#8221; &#8220;time cost&#8221; and &#8220;one child is enough&#8221; are believed to be the top reasons for not having a second child, Zhong added.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing will still be prepared for an increase of 50,000 births every year. An extra 1,000 beds will be arranged in Beijing hospitals within three years, Zhong said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING &#8212; More than 30,000 Beijing couples have applied to have a second child since the capital eased its one-child &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":39296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-uncategorized","category-news-w","mauthors-xinhua-news-agency-via-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280514,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39237\/revisions\/280514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}