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Geography | Citizenship | PSHE

Why is China’s population shrinking?

China's huge surge in economic growth over the past few decades has in part been due to its vast population. But restrictive family policies mean that it now has an ageing and shrinking population. Vox looks at how this will impact the country as a whole.

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