Online videos portraying squabbling families censored in China to encourage people to have more babies

China desperately needs its people to have more babies. The country is facing a demographic disaster and it’s a crisis for the economy. Put simply, there are not enough young people and too many elderly. Drastic times call for drastic measures. The latest one being employed by Chinese censors is to take down short online videos that portray unhappy Chinese families with stories about difficult and demanding mother-in-laws and lazy husbands. The government’s fear is that these popular videos will further discourage young Chinese from having families. So hundreds of videos from online platforms Douyin, which is the Chinese version…