77 Fact-Checking News of China's "Demographic Crisis"
The news that China's massive population dropped by nearly a million people last year was almost universally reported as a "crisis." In this episode we unpack the news coverage and take journalists to task for completely overlooking the fact that, in an overpopulated world, population contraction should be greeted with a collective sigh of relief.
The population news was accompanied by an announcement that China's economy grew by only three percent, less than half the previous year's 8.1 percent. This, too, was reported as bad news for China. Of course, obsession with GDP growth is what's…
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