China’s population decline accelerates as economy reaches low growth target
China’s population decline accelerates as economy reaches low growth target
- January 17, 2024
- Wang Feng, sociology, Financial Times, New Zealand Herald, Jan. 17, 2024
Wang Feng, an expert on Chinese demographics at the University of California, Irvine, said the decline of 2mn people revealed the “footprint of Covid-19”, which spread through the country in early 2023 after authorities hastily lifted the anti-pandemic measures. … “It is very likely that the rapid increase in number of deaths comes from the chaotic ending of zero-Covid, which led to many excess deaths,” Wang of the University of California said.
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