China’s senior population official acknowledged in an annual population meeting that China’s population growth slowed down and was expected to record a decline before 2025. Yang Wenzhuang, director of population monitoring and family development division of China’s National Health Commission, said at the meeting that China’s population is projected to “enter a negative increase,” according…
Plummeting Chinese Population Reveals Young People’s Reluctance to Birth: Expert
Beijing: The Population of China Starting to Decrease
August 8, 2022
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News Analysis The Chinese regime declared on Aug. 1 that China’s population has begun to decline, and the problems of aging and low birthrate have become worse. This is the first time that Beijing has announced its population is in a phase of negative growth since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took power in 1949….
Hong Kong’s Child Raising Costs Nearly 70 Percent of Median Household Income: Survey
July 31, 2022
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Hong Kong’s total population saw negative growth in 2021, with data showing the declining birth rate being a top reason. A recent survey found that the average cost of raising a child in Hong Kong accounts for nearly 70 percent of the city’s median household income. According to its Census and Statistics Department (CSD), Hong…
In Japan, Jobs Outnumber Workers Due to Aging Population and Shrinking Birth Rates: Researchers
Japan’s job availability ratio increased for the sixth consecutive month in June, indicating an increase in hiring across industries, according to data released on Friday. The jobs-to-applicants ratio climbed to 1.27 from the previous month, indicating that there were 127 job openings for every 100 job seekers in Japan, The Mainichi reported, citing data from…
Musk Warns About Declining US Birth Rate: ‘We Just Need to Celebrate Having Kids’
Billionaire Elon Musk has again sounded an alarm over the country’s dwindling birthrate, saying people should “celebrate having kids.” The tech visionary has been for years warned that population collapse is the biggest threat to civilization, yet recently focused more on domestic underpopulation. “USA birth rate has been below min sustainable levels for ~50 years,”…
Falling Fertility Rates: Is China Doomed?
Commentary According to a recent article by Michael Schumann, a contributor to The Atlantic, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) lacks a long-term strategy. With falling fertility rates, the Party is facing an existential crisis. Furthermore, Party members have no idea how to combat it. “The country is getting old, and quickly,” writes Schuman, and the…
More Than an Exodus: Dropping Birth Rates Threaten California’s Future
June 18, 2021
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As California’s population drops due to a mass exodus of residents escaping high taxes, exorbitant housing costs, and increasing homelessness, there’s another factor that’s been quietly contributing to the downturn: the declining birth rate. Data shows that while the Golden State’s population continues to grow old, young adults are having fewer kids. John Moorlach, a…
What’s Behind China’s New 3-Child Policy?
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently announced its decision to allow married couples to have up to three children, a major policy shift from the two-child limit. The new policy comes as China’s birth rate has significantly declined while its aging population continues to increase. Such an absurd decision is unprecedented in the world. What…
US Sees Fewest Births Since 1979: CDC Report
The United States in 2020 saw the lowest number of births since 1979 and an ongoing decline in birth rates, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agency estimated some 3.6 million babies were born in the country in 2020—down 4 percent from 2019. This marks the lowest number of births…
China Postpones Release of 2020 Population Data, Facing Possible Population Collapse: Experts
February 4, 2021
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The National Bureau of Statistics of the Communist Party of China stated at a press conference on Jan. 18 that it would be postponing the release of China’s birth data for 2020. But according to data released by some local governments, the mainland’s population appears to be declining, and at an alarming rate in some areas…
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