China's population fall: What it means
China鈥檚 population has fallen for the first time in more than 60 years.
The decline has roots in Beijing鈥檚 one-child policy imposed in 1980, which limited the number of children a couple could have to below 2.1, which is the average needed for a country鈥檚 population to remain stable.
China鈥檚 government has for several years now been trying to encourage people to have more children.
We heard from Jennifer Sciubba, a Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, and author of 8 Billion and Counting, who told us why China's recent efforts to increase population haven't worked.
(Photo shows: People walking outside the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, China, 14 January 2023. Credit: Photo by MARK R CRISTINO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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