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As an ageing mainland China takes to AI, Hong Kong must catch up
A decade ago, when Beijing ended its one-child policy, demographers and economists issued a grim consensus: a rapidly shrinking workforce would cripple China’s manufacturing and export machine.
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A decade after Beijing ended its one‑child policy, demographers and economists warned that a shrinking workforce would undermine China’s manufacturing and export engine. The demographic dividend that fueled growth from 1980 to 2010 has now run its course. Since 2022, China’s population has begun contracting each year.
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