China’s population decline could shake the world - analysis
The demographic long-term crisis in China could lead the ruling party to take more risks.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Published: JANUARY 18, 2023
A report this week said that China’s population declined last year for the first time since a brief decline in the 1960s. The reports on this decline have many seeing a “bleak” future for China and also a “demographic crisis, according to some of the headlines reporting the major shift.
On the one hand, China’s declining birthrate and aging population can be seen as part of a global trend. Many wealthy industrialized countries have low birth rates and many countries are seeing a possible decline in population in the long term. However, China’s changes have more implications for the world than those in Japan, Italy or other countries, because of the huge size of China and the way the world has been seeing China’s rise over the last decades.
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The demographic long-term crisis in China could lead the ruling party to take more risks.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Published: JANUARY 18, 2023
A report this week said that China’s population declined last year for the first time since a brief decline in the 1960s. The reports on this decline have many seeing a “bleak” future for China and also a “demographic crisis, according to some of the headlines reporting the major shift.
On the one hand, China’s declining birthrate and aging population can be seen as part of a global trend. Many wealthy industrialized countries have low birth rates and many countries are seeing a possible decline in population in the long term. However, China’s changes have more implications for the world than those in Japan, Italy or other countries, because of the huge size of China and the way the world has been seeing China’s rise over the last decades.
more.............. https://www.jpost.com/international/article-728972