No marriage, no children: demographic change in China

China finally needs more offspring, but almost nobody wants to start a family anymore. Young people have quite different concerns.

Rome, 19 April 2025 — The data on the Italian demographic winter are now dramatically known. But this is not why the dynamics of the causes of the trend are known. Of course, the reference to economic difficulties, to the precariousness of work and income, to the complexity of reconciling life and work, and so on with all those that can be considered social factors of demographic decline, is commonly evident. But how much does it affect the loss…