Drum Tower: Baby bust
Podcast: Economist PodcastsPublished On: Tue Jun 20 2023
Description: Last year, China’s population began to decline for the first time since 1962 and its reign as the most populous country in the world is over.The Economist’s Beijing bureau chief, David Rennie, and senior China correspondent, Alice Su, discuss what China’s shrinking population means for its future and what scars the one-child policy has left behind. They travel to Yichan, a city in Heilongjiang province, where children are a rarity to ask what lessons can be learned on how to manage decline.Sign up to our weekly newsletter here and for full access to print, digital and audio editions, as well as exclusive live events, subscribe to The Economist at economist.com/drumoffer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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