Does India now have the largest population in the world? Academic claims China overestimates how many people live in the country and has slipped to second place
Does India now have the largest population in the world? Academic claims China overestimates how many people live in the country and has slipped to second place
- May 25, 2017
- Wang Feng, sociology, via Daily Mail, May 25, 2017
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Wang Feng, a leading demographer from the University of California, Irvine, has, however,
dismissed Yi's claims about the shrinking population. 'He's a person with a political
agenda and [who has been] a consistent critic of the Chinese government's policy ...
[so] his numbers should not be taken at face value,' he told The Guardian.
For the full story, please visit http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4540624/Scholar-claims-China-population-smaller-estimated.html.
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