EPISODE · Aug 30, 2023 · 15 MIN
China cooked its population data. Now its economy is in crisis
from If You're Listening · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
China's economy is struggling. Similar things are happening across Asia but in China it's happening extremely fast.And a big part of the reason why is the disastrous One Child Policy and years of dodgy population data.How can you make plans for a country when you don't know how many people you have?Now the population is going backward, the property sector is faltering, and China is in a world of trouble.Subscribe to If You're Listening on the ABC Listen app.Find more If You're Listening on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4E5qY_tTDg&t
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China's economy is struggling. Similar things are happening across Asia but in China it's happening extremely fast. And a big part of the reason why is the disastrous One Child Policy and years of dodgy population data. How can you make plans for a country when you don't know how many people you have? Now the population is going backward, the property sector is faltering, and China is in a world of trouble. Subscribe to If You're Listening on the ABC Listen app. Find more If You're Listening on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4E5qY_tTDg&t
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