New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) While China has introduced a slew of measures to boost its population demographic, the country’s birth count is shrinking and rapidly shifting as an ageing society, according to a media report.According to the latest official data, China’s birth count registered a historic low last year — just 7.92 million births, a 17 per cent drop from 9.54 million the previous year, and the lowest figure since 1949, Myanmar-based MeKongNews reported.The overall population fell by…
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Beijing/New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The continued low birth rate in recent years in China shows that the damage caused to the population demographic, due to its one-child policy, may be irreversible, according to a media report.While Beijing has accelerated family-support policies and childcare subsidies, the birth count plummeted to a record low last year — falling by about 10 million from its 2016 peak, the South China Morning Post reported. China’s population shrank for a fourth consecutive y…