Jack of Harts

The Chinese do an interesting version of population control now.  It’s nothing like the forced abortions of older centuries, but seems just as effective.  In the Core Worlds, only the rich get the Chinese version of the treatments.  Anyone else lives and dies in a matter of decades.  If you’re poor, the only way to get the treatments is to join a colony looking for more warm bodies.  That’s created some rather interesting effects on Chinese culture.