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China’s birth rate drops to record low as economy hits target despite US trade war
5 mn readBeijing — China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could drag on the world’s second-largest economy for decades to come. The rate fell to 5.63 births per 1,000 people in 2025, beneath 2023’s low of 6.39 per […]
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