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Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal -- counting the social, economic and political costs of an aging, smaller society

  • Written by Feng Wang, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
Why China’s shrinking population is a big deal -- counting the social, economic and political costs of an aging, smaller societyWill an aging, shrinking population put the brakes on economic growth?CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images.

Throughout much of recorded human history, China has boasted the largest population in the world – and until recently, by some margin.

So news that the Chinese population is now in decline, and will sometime later this year be surpass...

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