China's birthrate drops, as census data warn of aging population
China's birthrate drops, as census data warn of aging population
- May 11, 2021
- Wang Feng, sociology, NPR, May 11, 2021
---Also ran on public radio stations nationwide---
"We are really seeing both a domestic and global shift in terms of demographics,"
said Wang Feng, a professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine.
… "Just in 10 years' time, China has really further transformed to be a really different
society," Wang said. "Hundreds of millions of people ... moved to be urban residents.
But at the same time about 200 million urban residents do not have local household
registration, which means they are not entitled to local benefits. And that just shows
how tremendous a challenge China faces in integrating these people into the cities,"
he said.
For the full story, please visit https://www.npr.org/2021/05/11/995490687/chinas-birth-rate-drops-as-census-data-warn-of-aging-population.
Share on:
Related News Items
- 'The last generation': the young Chinese people vowing not to have children
- China's self-inflicted pain
- How China came to regret its one-child policy
- Here's how the seismic shift of a shrinking China could transform its economy, politics and society
- Why China's shrinking population is a big deal - counting the social, economic and political costs of an aging, smaller society