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How the CCP Dismantled China’s Demographic Health

China’s demographic crisis—marked by rapid population aging, low fertility, and a shrinking workforce—is the result of decades of strict CCP family planning.
How the CCP Dismantled China’s Demographic Health
Senior citizens are pushed along a street in Beijing on May 11, 2021. Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images
Wang He
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A major long-term obstacle to China’s economic development is its rapidly aging population. However, this isn’t a natural demographic shift; it’s a distorted result of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) one-child policy. This coercive, state-led policy has inflicted deep and lasting harm on Chinese society.

Wang He
Wang He
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Wang He has master’s degrees in law and history, and has studied the international communist movement. He was a university lecturer and an executive of a large private firm in China. Wang now lives in North America and has published commentaries on China’s current affairs and politics since 2017.