Despite China encouraging larger families, its population is falling
Demographer predicts births will drop again this year and says deaths could exceed births for the first time
11 November 2021 - 20:35
China’s population may already be shrinking, with data so far this year showing a continued drop in the number of births, an independent Chinese demographer has predicted...
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