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China’s demographic problem

By Tom Rogan
Published February 17, 2022 6:00am ET
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China’s demographic problem
Communist China has a big problem. President Xi Jinping dreams of securing global economic and political hegemony. But to do that, Xi needs a population that is both loyal to his Communist Party agenda and sufficiently large to implement that agenda. The statistics do not lend credibility to Xi’s aspirations. Births in China in 2021 […]

Communist China has a big problem.

President Xi Jinping dreams of securing global economic and political hegemony. But to do that, Xi needs a population that is both loyal to his Communist Party agenda and sufficiently large to implement that agenda. The statistics do not lend credibility to Xi’s aspirations.

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