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both with one another, and also with our many allies and partners. and could one of britain s richest men become the new owner of manchester united football team? live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin in china where an unwelcome milestone has been reached. the country s population fell for the first time since the 1960s, and the national birth rate also fell to the lowest it s been since data collection began, in 1949. the announcement on tuesday comes alongside one of china s worst economic performances in almost half a century the labour force is shrinking, as the country s retired population keeps growing. this also means india is expected to overtake china as the world s most populous nation later this year. let s take a look at some of the numbers. china s population last year was over 1.4 billion people, according to official data that s a decrease of 850,000 people from 2021. as for ....
and could one of britain s richest men become the new owner of manchester united football team 7 live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the program. we begin in china where an unwelcome milestone has been reached. the country s population fell for the first time since the 1960s, and the national birthrate also fell to the lowest it s been since data collection began, in 1949. the announcement on tuesday comes alongside one of china s worst economic performances in almost half a century. the labour force is shrinking, as the country s retired population keeps growing. this also means india is expected to overtake china as the world s most populous nation later this year. let s take a look at some of the numbers. china s population last year was more than 1.4 billion people, according to official data. that s a decrease of 850,000 people from 2021. as for the national birth rate, it sank to just 6.77 births per 1,000 people ....
So the burden on everyone is quite heavy. putting aside the financial burdens, it s quite a heavy commitment for people in our generation, in terms of time and energy. i ve been speaking to the population expert from the school of earth and environmental sciences at the university of queensland, dr elin charles edwards. she told me about the significance of these figures. we have known this has been coming for a long time but it is a real milestone and this coupled with the fact that india is likely to overtake china as the most populous country this year is a real shift in global population. and when you look at the fact that this has been a trend, what are you expecting to see in terms of the impact on chinese society and the economy there? we have known this is coming, most countries are going through what we are calling a demographic transition where we are having sustained falls in fertility rates over time, and ....
The big challenges the shifting age structure, how we manage the fact that we fewer productive workers but it is something that we will all encounter and be faced with and there is very little we can do about it. that was the population expert from the school of earth and environmental sciences in queens and speaking to us earlier. in queensland. belgian prosecutors have struck a deal with one of the main suspects in a european union corruption scandal. pier antonio panzeri will receive a reduced prison sentence in exchange for information. qatar and morocco have contested claims they offered bribes to try to influence the european parliament. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza is following this story. antonio panzeri is a former mep member of the european parliament, and brussels. he ....
Most of us are the only child. if we are not married, the girl will need to take care of her parents and her grandparents, if they re still alive. so the burden on everyone is quite heavy. putting aside the financial burdens, it s quite a heavy commitment for people in our generation, in terms of time and energy. earlier, we heard from the population expert from the school of earth and environmental sciences at the university of queensland, dr elin charles edwards. she began by talking us through the significance of these figures. i mean, democracies have known this was coming for a real long time, but it is a real milestone and this coupled with the fact that india will take over china rose the most populous country this year is a real shift in the global population. when you look at the fact that this has been a trend, what are you expecting to see, in terms of the impact on chinese society and the economy there? look, we ve known this is coming, and most countries are going ....