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China's economy is a "ticking time bomb" as the nation sees sluggish growth in its economy and worrying demographic issues, according to President Joe Biden.

As a result, China’s labour force as a share of the total population was roughly stable, hovering at around 50%, from 1982 to 2015. The demographic dividend, Dr Meng argues, may never have existed.

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China’s population declined for the third consecutive year. by Aidan Grogan June 5, 2025, 10:18 PM Babies at a parenting center in Lai Chi Kok in 2017 (South China Morning Post/YouTube) ...

China’s population is aging faster than the CCP is willing to admit. And, for the first time since Mao Zedong’s great famine of 1959-1961, China’s population is falling.

China has no choice but to keep raising the retirement age for workers, according to Yi Fuxian. The nation has a demographic crisis, which is straining the pension system, the researcher said.