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“China’s population facing ‘largest absolute population loss’, UN says”
“There is a 50 per cent chance China’s population could return to a size comparable to the late 1950s by 2100, the United Nations says”
“China could experience the largest population decline any country has ever experienced, according to the United Nations, with a 50 per cent chance it could lose more than half of its current population by the end of the century.
The ongoing population decline in China is due to it having fewer women of childbearing age, delays in people getting married, as well as the growing popularity of not having children altogether.”
“Japan will commission its latest “ship killer” missiles one year earlier than originally planned, its defence ministry said, citing the need to counter regional threats including China’s growing military might.
Details of the upgraded Type-12 surface-to-ship missile were revealed in the Japanese defence ministry’s annual white paper published earlier this month.”