A man and child wear masks in a public park in Beijing. China has not lifted its birth rate more than four years after ending the one-child policy. Photo: AP
A man and child wear masks in a public park in Beijing. China has not lifted its birth rate more than four years after ending the one-child policy. Photo: AP
Mengni Chen
Opinion

Opinion

Mengni Chen and Paul Yip

China’s population crisis: the country might grow old before it grows rich

  • While internal migration has boosted development in parts of China, it cannot change the facts of low fertility and population ageing
  • If the fertility decline cannot be reversed, China must turn to technological innovation and other adaptations, and set a realistic population policy

Mengni ChenPaul Yip
Mengni Chen and Paul Yip

Updated: 4:55am, 6 Mar, 2021

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A man and child wear masks in a public park in Beijing. China has not lifted its birth rate more than four years after ending the one-child policy. Photo: AP
A man and child wear masks in a public park in Beijing. China has not lifted its birth rate more than four years after ending the one-child policy. Photo: AP
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