Making the prevention of anorexia a matter of ensuring healthy babies reduces women to their ability to bear children. The focus should be on tackling what is prompting many women to become obsessed with their weight, including media images that valorise thinness.
Becoming the world’s largest economy is still on the cards for China, according to the Lowy Institute, but vastly surpassing the United States is out of the question.
Demographers offer varying takes on China’s population outlook, with some saying it could shrink by 1 million a year from 2025, while others foresee a more drawn-out decline.