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China's birth rate falls to lowest on record
The Philippine Star
|January 21, 2026
China’s birth rate plunged last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed on Monday, as its population shrank for a fourth straight year despite efforts to curb the decline.
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It is now threatened with a demographic crisis after its birth rate halved over the past decade, despite the end of the restrictive “one-child” policy.
This story is from the January 21, 2026 edition of The Philippine Star.
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