
Commentary / World Jun 7, 2021
China’s three-child policy won’t help
But a below-replacement fertility rate is only one part of China’s demographic problem. A second issue is the sheer size of its older population.
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But a below-replacement fertility rate is only one part of China’s demographic problem. A second issue is the sheer size of its older population.
And the key takeaway here is that China remains a poor country, despite its phenomenal headline GDP growth over the past four decades.