China Just Reported Its Lowest Birth Rate in Modern History
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China's famed population policies have turned Bringing Up Baby into Gone Baby Gone. For the fifth year in a row, the birth rate in the world's most populous country fell in 2021, according to official data released Monday.
At 7.52 per 1,000 people, the number of babies born was the lowest since authorities started keeping track in 1949. The news throws a huge wrench in the ruling Communist Party's plans to increase Chinese wealth, already hampered by the fact that the country's powerhouse workforce has been shrinking for a decade.
Source Fool.com
