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China cooked its population data. Now its economy is in crisis
Published 2 years, 4 months ago
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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.
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