Negative population growth that arrived a decade before forecasts has been exacerbated by Covid and restrictive government policies
But unlike the famine, whose effects were temporary, scholars say this marks the start of a long period of population decline.
Fearing the adverse effects of an ageing population coupled with a shortage of working-age people, the Chinese government allowed couples to have two children in 2015 and further eased the birth limit to three in 2021. philosophy, which encourages a rejection of high-pressure jobs. In their 20s and 30s, many resist doing what is expected of them and instead settle for a low-desire life or move abroad. Having children is the last thing on their minds. An
“In this country, to love your child is to never let him be born in the first place,” read one comment. Wang Feng, a sociology professor at the University of California, Irvine, said the population decline had begun almost a decade earlier than the United Nations had anticipated. As recently as 2019, the UN projected China’s population to peak in 2031-32.
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