not they building our schools and whether or not they are competent, and whether or not not they are competent, and whether or not profit not they are competent, and whether or not profit comes before excellence. or not profit comes before excellence. . . , , ., , excellence. and that is the problem. when illicit practices excellence. and that is the problem. when illicit practices take excellence. and that is the problem. when illicit practices take place - when illicit practices take place where they are chopping off fire doors, somebody should be there to say, you can t do that. but the building services that oversee these contractors are employed by the contractor, so i don t think they are going to turn around and say, we are going to turn around and say, we are doing a bad job, and that s a problem. are doing a bad ob, and that s a roblem. ,, ,, ., ., ,, , ., problem. steve, simon, thank you very much problem. steve, simon, thank you very much indeed problem. steve,
the birth rate was the lowest on record in the last twelve months with just 6.77 births per thousand people. that was lower than the death rate which was 7.37 deaths per thousand people. translation: those aged above 60 was 280 million, j 19.8% of the population. those aged 65 and above was 210 million, 14.9% of the total population. in terms of urban rural structure, urban population accounted for 65.22% of the total population, up by 0.5 percentage points on the end of 2021. now it s time for a look
that, they are the ones that the spotlight is pointed on and they are the ones that are outed before their time. , , . ., ., time. genet hills, chair of the metropolitan time. genet hills, chair of the metropolitan black time. genet hills, chair of the metropolitan black police - metropolitan black police association, i thank you once again. china s population has fallen for the first time in over 60 yea rs. official data says that the country s population at the end of december was over 1.4 billion people, down by 850,000 people from the previous year. the birth rate was the lowest in record in the last 12 months with just 6.77 births per thousand people. that was lower than the death rate which was 7.37 deaths per thousand people. translation: those aged above 60 was 280 million, j 19.8% of the population. those aged 65 and above was 210 million, 14.9% of the total population.
for the first time in over 60 yea rs. official data says that the country s population at the end of december was over 1.4 billion people down by 850,000 people from the previous year. the birth rate was the lowest in record in the last 12 months, with just 6.77 births per thousand people. that was lower than the death rate, which was 7.37 deaths per thousand people. translation: those aged above 60 was 280 million, j 19.8% of the population. those aged 65 and above was 210 million, 14.9% of the total population. in terms of urban rural structure, urban population accounted for 65.22% of the total population, up by 0.5 percentage points on the end of 2021.
china s population has fallen for the first time in over 60 years. official data says that the country s population at the end of december was 1.41175 billion people down by 85 million people from the previous year. the birth rate was the lowest in record in the last 12 months withjust 6.77 births per 1,000 people. that was lower than the death rate, which was 7.37 deaths per 1,000 people. the death rate was the highest since 1976 and was higher in 2022 than it was in 2021. no reason has been given but the number of deaths coincides with outbreaks of covid 19 an illness which china has blamed for relatively few deaths. the italian actress, gina lollobrigida has died at the age of 95. she was one of the biggest film stars in the world in the 1950s and 60s. wendy urquhart looks back at her life. you came back into my life like a wolf in snake s clothing! gina lollobrigida