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Why China's shrinking population is a big deal - counting the social, economic and political costs of an aging, smaller society

January 18, 2023

Wang Feng, UCI sociologist, explains in this piece for The Conversation

For the first time since 1960, deaths outnumbered births in China last year

January 17, 2023

Wang Feng, sociology, NPR, Jan. 17, 2023 (Audio)

China's official population falls for the first time in decades

January 16, 2023

Wang Feng, sociology, Financial Times, Jan. 16, 2023

China's Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis

January 16, 2023

Wang Feng, sociology, The New York Times, MSN, Jan. 16, 2023

China's care homes scramble to protect elderly from Covid surge

December 14, 2022

Wang Feng, sociology, Bloomberg, Dec. 14, 2022

Explainer: What's behind the protests in China?

December 1, 2022

Wang Feng, sociology, U.S. News and World Report, Dec. 1, 2022

China's Xi Jinping problem

October 12, 2022

Wang Feng, sociology, Financial Times, Oct. 12, 2022

China's demographic crisis looms over Xi Jinping's third term

October 2, 2022

Wang Feng, sociology, Financial Times, Oct. 2, 2022

China's 'hidden epidemics': the preventable diseases that could reshape a nation

September 20, 2022

Wang Feng, sociology, The Guardian, MSN, Sept. 20, 2022

Panic mode: Beijing deploys 'task forces' as youth unemployment hits record high

August 29, 2022

Dorothy Solinger, poli sci, Breitbart, Aug. 29, 2022

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