China’s First Population Decline in 60 Years Sounds Demographic Alarm
By Christian Shepherd | The Washington Post (free)
China’s population shrank last year for the first time since a devastating famine in the Mao era, in a clear sign that the country is facing a looming demographic crisis worsened by decades of coercive policy that limited most families to a single child.
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Germany Appoints New Defense Minister as Pressure Mounts Over Ukraine
By Erika Solomon | The New York Times
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has tapped Boris Pistorius, the interior minister of one of Germany’s largest states, to become the country’s next defense minister, a day after the previous minister resigned from the post amid heavy criticism, including over the war in Ukraine.
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