• emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Suicides averaged over all age groups declined by 5% in the same period, so it can't just be better reporting. Also that's an aggregate increase of about 6000, not 800.

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      1 year ago

      Better reporting of children in particular because of the lapse of the one-child policy? For a decent amount of time China had "ghost children" that weren't reported to the government (though you'll find no reports on this from Western media, it's a pretty well-established truth in some Chinese circles).