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The Latest Breaking News on What the U.S. Should Learn From China's Population Decline

China wants a more efficient workforce but analysts say that will be tough

By 2100, China is projected to have a workforce size of less than 400 million.

Axios

Is China’s high-growth era over – forever?

With its population declining, China’s period of rapid growth is likely over. How it copes is critical for the world.

Al Jazeera

China’s shrinking population: what it means for the rest of the world - expert panel

From climate change to women’s rights, what effect will the demographic time bomb at the heart of China’s economy have?

The Guardian - AU

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Has China peaked? A stumbling economy and an ageing population are bad omens

The Year of the Rabbit should be bringing good luck, good health, peace and prosperity to China and its people. It’s not looking good so far.

Crikey

'Not afraid of the virus': Wuhan turns page on Covid, three years on

Wuhan (China) (AFP) - Residents of China's Wuhan said Monday they were hopeful for the future and no longer afraid of Covid-19, three years after the city was locked down over what was then a mysterious virus.

AFP

AP PHOTOS: East Asia marks Lunar New Year of the Rabbit

From Jakarta to Seoul, Bangkok to Beijing, people in Asia have been celebrating the Lunar New Year marking the start of the Year of the Rabbit.

The Independent UK

The 3 Best China Stocks to Watch

After an end to a challenging year, the Chinese abandoned its strict zero-Covid policy despite the country facing a surge in infections. This year, a sharp rebound in the economy is expected due to its reopening. Therefore, it could be an opportune time to add fundamentally strong Chinese stocks Hello…

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‘The last generation’: the young Chinese people vowing not to have children

Negative population growth that arrived a decade before forecasts has been exacerbated by Covid and restrictive government policies

The Guardian - UK

'We can't wait!': Jubilant Chinese head home for Lunar New Year

On the Shanghai-Wuhan train (China) (AFP) - Piling onto a packed train, factory owner Wang Chunfeng was among millions of Chinese looking to make up for lost time this Lunar New Year after years of pandemic-enforced separation from his family.

AFP

China's population decline is a result of decades of botched family planning measures and will have global implications

China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years and is set to be reduced by half by the end of the century. After declining for some years, China is now in what a government official called an “era of negative population growth”, with the national birth rate…

The Conversation

Financial worries keep many Chinese at home

About 40% of Chinese travellers aren’t planning to venture overseas this year despite the sudden easing of restrictions, mainly because of the financial impact of Covid, according to a survey published on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Is a global recession really coming up?

The world's leading economists spent most of 2022 convincing themselves that, if the global economy was not already in a recession, it was about to fall into one. But with the year 2022 end, the global slump has been postponed to the present 2023.

Bangkok Post

Davos 2023: China recovery could be very quick - IMF's Gopinath

China could see a sharp recovery in economic growth from the second quarter onwards based on current infection trends after the dismantling of most COVID-19 restrictions, IMF Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal -- counting the social, economic and political costs of an aging, smaller society

Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in the world – and until recently, by some margin.

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Axios

Why China's growth and population declines matter

The post-COVID world economy could be different from the one we've come to rely on.

Reuters

Make it easier to raise children say many Chinese after population falls

If China wants to reverse a decline in population, more should be done to help families raise their children, according to Wei Chao, a 31-year-old mother of twin girls living in Shanghai, and many more parents interviewed by Reuters held the same view.

The Independent UK

Threats, advantages seen in China's shrinking population

For seven decades, China’s Communist Party has ruled the world’s most populous country

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Ended Nearly Flat on Wednesday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.09%

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For the first time since the 1960s, China’s population is shrinking

Its long reign as the world’s most populous country is probably at an end

Irish Independent

‘A big psychological blow’ – population of China falls for first time in 60 years

China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, according to government data that has alarmed policymakers and cast doubt on the country’s economic prospects.

Livemint

India may overtake China as world's most populous nation

India is projected to have a population of 1.668 billion in 2050, more than China's 1.317 billion by the middle of this century.

AFP

Stocks struggle on China data; gas prices extend losses

London (AFP) - Global stock markets struggled Tuesday on news of China's slowing economy, but European gas prices hit another 16-month low on fading fears of a winter supply crunch.

AFP

Childcare woes, costs and competition turn Chinese off parenting

Beijing (AFP) - Weary parents in China say the difficulties of juggling work and childcare in a costly and ultra-competitive society with little help from the state are at the root of the country's dwindling birth rate.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: China population falls for first time in more than 60 years

Shift marks start of a long period of population decline as China wrestles with demographic time bomb. Plus, Adidas denies revolutionary plan over Cambodia working conditions

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Mint Explainer: What China's shrinking population means for its global might

The demographic shift will have serious consequences for the world given China’s centrality in global supply chains.

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