China鈥檚 collapsing population
China once thought it had too many children - now it thinks there are too few. Its population is declining. Micky Bristow looks into what this means for the future.
The Chinese government used to worry about uncontrollable population growth. Now it has the opposite problem - population decline. In an attempt to get people to have more children, it scrapped the draconian one-child policy 10 years ago. But the birth rate remains low. By the end of this century, China鈥檚 population could have halved. Micky Bristow talks to mothers and academics about what鈥檚 happening - and what it could mean for the future.
Presenter: Michael Bristow
Producer: John Murphy
Sound mix: Neil Churchill
Production coordinator: Katie Morrison
Series Editor: Penny Murphy
(Image: A man and a child walk down a street in Beijing, China. Credit: Getty)
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