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China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world's most populous country faces a looming demographic crisis. The nation of 1.4 billion has seen birth rates plunge to record lows as its workforce ages, in a rapid decline…

China saw its population fall by roughly 850,000 last year - its first drop in six decades that marks the start of an expected long-term decline in citizen numbers with major economic consequences.

Asian shares are mostly lower after China reported its economy expanded at a 3% pace last year, less than half 2021's rate

BEIJING: China's economy grew last year at its slowest pace in four decades as it was hammered by Covid-19 lockdowns and a property crisis but the forecast-beating reading raised hopes for a strong recovery as it reopens.

Production at an Indonesian nickel smelter owned by China's Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry resumed on Tuesday, police said, after operations were suspended due to a protest and rioting at the weekend in which two workers were killed.

This marks a clear inflection point that will slowly but dramatically change Chinese society and politics over the next few decades.

China’s population fell last year for the first time since 1961 when the country struggled with a devastating famine.

China's National Bureau of Statistics said the country's population fell by 850,000 people last year, as new births hit a record low.

BEIJING: China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world's most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.