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A man pushes a child riding on a suitcase at Beijing West Railway Station in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. A population that has crested and is slowly shrinking will pose new challenges for China's leaders, ranging from encouraging young people to start families, to persuading seniors to stay in the workforce longer and parents to allow their children to join the military. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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Threats, advantages seen in China's shrinking population
By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press
Wed,01/18/23-4:31AM , 1,192 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — For seven decades, China's Communist Party has ruled the world's most populous country. As the nation's population crests and begins to shrink, experts say, it will face challenges ranging from supporting the elderly to filling the ranks of its military.
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A girl wearing a face mask rides on a man's shoulders as they walk along a tourist shopping street in Beijing on Oct. 7, 2022. China has announced its first overall population decline in recent years amid an aging society and plunging birthrate. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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China records 1st population fall in decades as births drop
By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press
Mon,01/16/23-8:40PM , 336 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — China’s population shrank for the first time in decades last year as its birthrate plunged, official figures showed Tuesday, adding to pressure on leaders to keep the economy growing despite an aging workforce and at a time of rising tension with the U.S.
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Passengers arriving from China enters a COVID-19 testing center at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. China suspended visas Tuesday for South Koreans to come to the country for tourism or business in apparent retaliation for COVID-19 testing requirements on Chinese travelers. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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China halts visas for Japan, South Korea in COVID-19 spat
By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press
Mon,01/09/23-11:50PM , 414 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese embassies stopped issuing new visas for South Koreans and Japanese on Tuesday in apparent retaliation for COVID-19 measures recently imposed by those countries on travelers from China.
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Visitors are reflected on a window pane as a man counts Chinese currency notes at a shop selling tea in Qianmen, a popular tourist spot in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. As the virus continues to rip through China, global organizations and governments have called on the country start sharing data while others have criticized its current numbers as meaningless. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Beijing threatens response to 'unacceptable' virus measures
By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press
Tue,01/03/23-3:52AM , 1,355 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government sharply criticized COVID-19 testing requirements imposed on visitors from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved, which include the U.S. and several European nations.
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