Latest YuWa Population Research Institute Report Indicates that China’s Population Crunch is Set to Continue The grim news regarding China’s ongoing demographic crisis keeps piling up. The past two years saw the population of the country actually decline, with an acceleration in the long-term trend of lower fertility rates among Chinese women. The most recent report by the highly respected Beijing-based YuWa Population Research Institute issued inFebruary of this year casts a harsh spotlight on one important reason why these adverse population trends are likely to continue. According to the Institute, China is the second most expensive country in the world to raise children. These costs, in turn, are a major factor behind the reluctance of Chinese married and single women to have children. According to official Chinese Government data, the populationof China dropped by 2.08 million people in 2023 , with the number of death (11 million) excee...
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