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BIG IDEA | ‘China’s total population could peak in the next few years, spurring profound changes for the world’s second-biggest economy.’
‘China’s once-in-a-decade census shows that the number of births nationwide fell to the lowest level since 1961, when the country was struggling following a nationwide, manmade, famine caused by Mao’s “Great Leap Forward” that killed tens of millions of people.’
- ‘China’s total population could peak in the next few years, spurring profound changes for the world’s second-biggest economy.’