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China's fertility rate drops to record low 1.09 in 2022 (www.reuters.com)

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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 49 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Aging population of disproportionately unmarried males and very low immigration.

China's gonna get weird in the next decade or two.

[–] Anomandaris@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And the rest of the developed world is going to follow close behind as long as the wealth inequality stays as ridiculously broken as it is.

[–] Zippy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Actually the opposite. Generally wealthy nations and individuals have fewer children.

[–] andthenthreemore@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

That's the problem.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago

You sound like a domestic terrorist sir... how about you work harder!

[–] clutch@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

On the other hand that low fertility may help reduce the youth unemployment rate in 20 years from now. The same rate that the Chinese government decided to give up computing...

/s obviously but it is really bad for them

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

2033 Chinese tv: "Fascist eye for the single Bai"