Is China heading for a demographic crisis? | Inside Story

China’s population has declined for the first time in more than six decades. The birth rate slowed to 6.77 babies per 1,000 people in 2022.
Compounding the issue is that deaths outnumbered births.
Economists warn that the low birth rate and rapidly ageing population will have far-reaching effects – not just locally, but on the global economy.
What is behind this downturn?
And what will it take to reverse the trend?

Presenter: Sohail Rahman

Guests:

Einar Tangen – Senior Fellow, Taihe Institute

Winnie King – Senior Lecturer in Chinese International Political Economy, University of Bristol

Guido Cozzi – Professor of Macroeconomics, University of St Gallen

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