New data released this week by the Chinese government revealed that China’s population has begun to shrink, a momentous shift that will have broad ripple effects both domestically and globally. The government said on Tuesday that deaths last year in China had outnumbered births for the first time in decades. This could spell the end of China’s position as the world’s most populous country, a transition that could profoundly reshape the global economy in the long run. India’s total population is expected to surpass China’s later this year, according to…
Why China’s Shrinking Population Is Cause for Alarm
