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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the sources. Interesting to see that "The number of new births a year has nearly halved since 2016" in China.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's what demographic collapse looks like. Birth rate drops a cliff because the population finds itself suddenly without people in fertile age.