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Fewer children, more sadness, more suicide

By Timothy P. Carney
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Fewer children, more sadness, more suicide

A dark story is emerging from China: “The suicide rate among 5- to 14-year-olds in China quadrupled between 2010 and 2021,” Chinese media reports.

China’s horrific COVID deaths and lockdowns are surely part of this, but we shouldn’t take our eyes off of the demographic roots of this anxiety and anomie.

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