Northeast Economic and Demographic Winter

In addition to the northeast economies experiencing the brunt of China's slowdown, they are also leading the demographic change with a total fertility rate around 1.

In the blog post linked below, Liu Baijiao argues that due to the economic slowdown, migration south and already low fertility, the governments of the northeast will have to offer subsidies or other monetary incentives in order to boost fertility.

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