Ruling party highlights declining birthrate but potential parents are imbued with spirit of defiance
At one point during Shanghai’s long pandemic lockdown in the spring, police arrived on the doorstep of a young couple and ordered them to go to a quarantine facility for several days, even though neither of them was infected with the coronavirus.
The punishment for failing to comply would affect not only them but their future children and grandchildren, an officer said.
Calmly, the husband replied: “I am sorry, we are the last generation. Thank you.”
