China's GDP grew by just 3% in 2022, the lowest since 1976, but the real nightmare for President Xi Jinping materialized with the first population decline since 1961. Deaths exceeded births by 850,000 last year unity, reported the National Statistics Office, exaggerating the concerns for the tsunami arriving on public accounts, between welfare and social security, and the inevitable economic and geopolitical repercussions.
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