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
Will 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...