China: A Shadow of Itself
China's burgeoning population decline sheds light on the quiet resistance to state narratives young Chinese couples have adopted in recent years.
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China has become one of the most expensive countries in the world to raise and support a family in. The collapse of consumption and overall living standards is wreaking havoc amongst young Chinese couples who now have little motivation to start a family. Chinese replacement levels are declining rapidly despite the pro-natalist policy adopted by the government in 2021 which encourages families to have ideally three children. The policy has had little effect, with fertility (or even the desire for children) remaining one of the few aspects of Chinese society that authorities struggle to gain control over. As a result, the demographic decline is expected to persist and may even accelerate over time.
Photo: Sixth Tone
The Chinese population is projected to dramatically decrease to 800 million by the end of the century. The current number stands at 1.4 billion, according to the United Nations. Bleaker predictions by statisticians suggesting that the population would cease to replenish itself by 2029, were contradicted by an even more grim reality of this tipping point of birth and death equality occurring as early as last year, 2022. The situation is so severe that one must look back to medieval times of famines and epidemics to find population losses of this magnitu...
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China has become one of the most expensive countries in the world to raise and support a family in. The collapse of consumption and overall living standards is wreaking havoc amongst young Chinese couples who now have little motivation to start a family. Chinese replacement levels are declining rapidly despite the pro-natalist policy adopted by the government in 2021 which encourages families to have ideally three children. The policy has had little effect, with fertility (or even the desire for children) remaining one of the few aspects of Chinese society that authorities struggle to gain control over. As a result, the demographic decline is expected to persist and may even accelerate over time.
Photo: Sixth Tone
The Chinese population is projected to dramatically decrease to 800 million by the end of the century. The current number stands at 1.4 billion, according to the United Nations. Bleaker predictions by statisticians suggesting that the population would cease to replenish itself by 2029, were contradicted by an even more grim reality of this tipping point of birth and death equality occurring as early as last year, 2022. The situation is so severe that one must look back to medieval times of famines and epidemics to find population losses of this magnitu...
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