TOKYO -- The crisis of population decline looms large even in China with its 1.4 billion people -- and the reality could be harsher than the official data, a China expert warns.
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A Chinese woman and her baby in Tiananmen Square. China's natural growth rate sank to another low of just 0.034% in 2021, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. © Reuters
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