18 Jan 2022

Baby bust

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So much for the demographic dividend...

On Monday, National Bureau of Statistics Director Ning Jizhe revealed that domestic population growth was nearly flat in 2021.

The deets:

There were 10.62 million births recorded, a birth rate of 7.52 per 1,000 people – the lowest in PRC history.Ther...