China needs immigrants
Too few children means China needs to look outside the country for new blood. Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images China is entering a severe demographic crisis. For several centuries, the Asian nation has been the most populous country in the world. But it is now shrinking. In 2022, the country registered more deaths than births, and it will soon be surpassed by India in total population size – indeed, many demographers believe this has already occurred. As a scholar who has studied China’s demography for almost 40 years, I know the likelihood is this falling population will lead to an