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.
For the full story, please visit https://www.ft.com/content/d9cf3643-566e-461f-a865-f9e215459cc7.
-----
Would you like to get more involved with the social sciences? Email us at communications@socsci.uci.edu to connect.
Related News Items
- Careet RightAnalysis: China's birth-rate struggles underscore its millennia-long effort to manage 'the masses'
- Careet RightChina's birthrate plunges to lowest level since 1949
- Careet RightPeng Peiyun, 95, dies; official renounced China's one-child policy
- Careet RightChina enjoys marriage boom as Beijing allows weddings in nightclubs
- Careet RightChina's robot revolution foreshadows its looming population collapse