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Why is China’s population shrinking despite a rise in newborns?

China’s population dynamics remain a critical challenge for its economic and social stability. Despite a modest rise in births in 2024, the nation’s population shrank for the third consecutive year, ...
Wall Street Journal

China Sees a Fresh Decline in Population, Despite a Rise in Births

China’s population continued to decline last year—though births edged up for the first time in eight years—falling for a third straight year as deaths outpaced births. China had seen birth numbers ...
The Conversation

Raising the retirement age won’t defuse China’s demographic time bomb – but mass immigration might

Texas A&M University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. Chinese workers may soon have to work just a little bit longer. In late July 2024, China’s ruling Communist Party ...