China's population could continue declining for another 50 years: Expert

China’s population shrank for the second year in a row last year. The total number of people in China plunged by 2.08 million to 1.41 billion in 2023, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The decline is not surprising, Dr Xiujian Peng, senior research fellow at Victoria University’s Centre of Policy Studies, tells CNA's Asia Now, adding that this decline will likely continue "for at least maybe more than 50 or 60 years".

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