Key takeaways from China’s census results
Key takeaways from China’s census results
- May 11, 2021
- Wang Feng, sociology, The New York Times, May 11, 2021
But experts said the unfavorable economic conditions had trapped northeastern China in a downward spiral in which people did not want to have babies and also were moving out of in search of better opportunities and social benefits. “Education, pensions, health care — the regional difference is enormous,” said Wang Feng, a professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine. As the northeast continues to empty out, those disparities may become even more pronounced, he added.
For the full story, please visit https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/world/asia/china-census-population-one-child-policy.html.
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