China and East Asia: September 2010

China’s Population Destiny: The Looming Crisis

By: Wang Feng and Mara Hvistendahl

Description: “China’s population is likely to peak less than 15 years from now, below a maximum of 1.4 billion. After that will come a prolonged, even indefinite, population decline and a period of accelerated aging.”

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