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China’s Population Shrinks Again as Policies Fail to Reverse Decline

With fewer babies and more deaths, China’s population fell for a fourth straight year as policymakers face a demographic crisis in the making.

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Despite sweeping efforts to boost births, China’s population has shrunk and aged for a fourth straight year as deaths again outnumbered births.
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