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Published on: 17. January 2024

Declining birth rate overshadows dubious growth figure

April 25, 2021, Fuyang, Anhui, China: A newborn baby is seen being fed on a bottle in the ward of the hospital neonatal care center..The results of the seventh national census of China will be released soon, and some institutions predict that the birth rate will be lower than the death rate for the first time. Fuyang China - ZUMAs197 20210425_zaa_s197_003 Copyright: xSheldon Cooperx

China's population is shrinking even faster than the previous year. The alarmingly declining birth rate cast a shadow over the release of economic data. Analysts, in any case, consider the 5.2 percent economic growth to be inflated.

Jörn Petring

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