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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

January 18, 2023

Wang Feng, UCI sociologist, explains in this piece for The Conversation

For the first time since 1960, deaths outnumbered births in China last year

January 17, 2023

Wang Feng, sociology, NPR, Jan. 17, 2023 (Audio)

China's official population falls for the first time in decades

January 16, 2023

Wang Feng, sociology, Financial Times, Jan. 16, 2023

China's Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis

January 16, 2023

Wang Feng, sociology, The New York Times, MSN, Jan. 16, 2023

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