The demographic crisis threatening China’s economy | DW News

China has 1.4 billion people, but the number of births just plummeted to levels not seen since 1738. It’s a "grey rhino", a massive, predictable crisis charging straight at the global economy.

Please note that Daria Impiombato works at the Mercator Institute for Chinese Studies, Merics. Her insert in the video was wrong in one instance.

The video was hosted by Clifford Coonan, DW Business

Chapters
0:00 - Births in China at their lowest since 1739
1:56 - One-child policy causes demographic collapse
3:54 - Uneven marriage data and out-of-wedlock birth ban
5:45 - Will automation and AI help offset impact of falling birthrate?
9:00 - Will efforts to boost births work?


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