China’s cities and villages stand eerily empty; where has China’s population gone?

China’s population has gone into reverse, with deaths overtaking births and the total population decreasing by 1.5 million between 2021 and 2025.The country’s birth rate has dropped to one child per woman and researchers predict the population will halve by the end of the century to 525 million. But with China’s cities standing empty, is that the whole story?A couple of weeks ago, Reinette Senum highlighted China’s vanishing population. “China’s population has mysteriously and dramatically collapsed. Cities and villages stand eerily empty – streets, malls, homes and stores abandoned. What happened?” she asked and shared the video below.The description under...