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Population Paradox: Are Declining Birth Rates Good or Bad for the World?

Deep Dish on Global Affairs

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The Chinese Economy and Politics: A Pipe Turn?

It's always a bad idea to look to China for sources of optimism, says Peter Bergen. "No matter how autocratic your society is, it is very hard to compel a woman to have a child as it should be" The decline that China is experiencing will accelerate over the next 100 years and there are no plans to stop it," he adds.

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