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Feng Wang

The population declines seen today in some countries have come about largely as a happy story of greater longevity and freedom.

The alternative, optimistic story of population decline

Rather than obsess over labour shortages and pension support, we need to look at the brighter spots for our world

Children playing in the village square after school in Xiasha village in Shenzhen, China last November. Deaths outnumbered births last year in the country for the first time in six decades.

Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal 

The social, economic and political costs of an ageing, smaller society would amount to a seismic shift for the country

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