Ep. 223: China: the Middle-Aged Kingdom

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Dec 16, 201936:40News & Politics

China's fertility rate is down to just 1.6. The workforce is shrinking while the population of the elderly grows. At the same time, the now abandoned one-child policy has resulted in a skewed sex ratio. Given all this, c...

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