Big picture: China's births might hit a record low this year, deepening its demographic crisis. Academics admit births could fall to 7 million, with profound implications for the world's second-largest economy. By the numbers: * Estimated births in 2023: 6 million to 8 million. * Drop in births over the past five
  • @folshostEnglish
    1•10 months ago

    The about page for this site is really funny, and kinda strange. I guess I was anticipating the site to be boomers raging about population decline, but I honestly have no idea what their goal is, other than it having something to do with “the people on the ground, and their lives”.

    https://www.stoppopulationdecline.org/about/

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      2•10 months ago

      So did I, I was shocked when the articles and such are more about raging against boomers for causing population decline than boomers raging about population decline.

      It’s delightfully refreshing

  • @Rosencrantz23English
    0•10 months ago

    It’s China. They’ll be fine. People have been predicting an economic implosion since the GFC.