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1. Birth of a crisis: the demographic revolution

Inside China

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For more than 70 years, it's been a country with the biggest population in the world. But now, the People's Republic of China has lost its number one ranking. India is now the world's most populous country after overtaking China this year. And right now, the single largest group of college students in Chinese history, nearly 12 million of them, are about to graduate. So, not enough babies, too many retirees, the millennials and Gen Z are stuck in the middle. This is China's demographic revolution.

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