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Something unusual is happening across large swaths of the world. Maternity wards are quieter than they’ve ever been. Villages ...
“We need more people to innovate." ...
Fourth year of decline deepens concerns over ageing, shrinking workforce and long-term economic impact ...
In fact, China is undergoing a demographic transition, with its population peaking at 1.41 billion in 2021-22. The total ...
The country’s workforce is set to fall to 300 million by the end of the century and Beijing sees AI-enabled machines as a way ...
China is rapidly getting older. Three decades ago, only 5 percent of the population was over 65; today, 123 million people, or 9 percent of the population, are over this age. A report released by a ...
China's elderly population — aged 60 and above, has taken over one fifth of the nation's total population in 2023, and the ...
Beijing’s resident adult population aged 20 to 29 has nearly halved over the past decade. CNA explores how young Chinese are recalculating the costs and benefits of life in the capital, even as it ...
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