Taiwan offers baby bonus to fix plummeting birth rate

"It is, says the president, an issue that threatens Taiwan's very existence. Authorities are mustering every weapon to see the problem off: from money to Chinese astrology and blind dates for its citizens. The island's plummeting birth rate is one of the lowest in the world, experts say, prompting a warning from the president himself, Ma Ying-jeou, that it is 'a serious national security threat'."

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