Beijing [China], January 17 (ANI): China’s population shrank for the second year in a row, marking a deepening of a demographic challenge that is set to have significant implications on the world’s second-largest economy. The population fell by around 2.08 million people as compared to the previous year, coming to 1.409 billion in 2023, China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Wednesday. Meanwhile, on the economic front, the NBS confirmed that China’s economy grew by 5.2 per cent last year, compared to a government target of around 5 per cent. While this expansion marks a signific…
