In China, Birth Rate Falls To Lowest Level In 70 Years
Last year, there were 10.48 births per 1,000 people — the lowest since the People's Republic of China was founded. Beijing also said its economy cooled to the slowest pace in nearly three decades.
Updated at 9 a.m. ET
New birth-rate figures show that China has so far failed to reverse the effects of its longtime one-child policy â a change that policymakers say is necessary to forestall the long-term economic consequences of an aging and shrinking population.
The released the new data on Friday, the same day it
