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changing attitudes towards marriage and family. of course, china s one child policy, which was introduced in the eighties. it was later scrapped in 2016 and the challenges and cost of raising children in china s expensive cities. now china s shrinking population has, of course, economic implications. you ve got a shrinking workforce. you have a shrinking consumer base as well. and that s going to make economic recovery all the more difficult for china back to you, christine . thank you both for such a great look at that. kristie lu stout medica soon. alright quick hits around the globe right now. american made patriot missile systems begin arriving in ukraine not from the us, but from one of its allies. germany as heavy fighting intensifies in the east, including in bad mood. eduardo bolsonaro, son of former brazilian president jair bolsonaro, losing his temper after claiming a fellow lawmaker
india. now, of course, over the years, we ll have to see how that plays out with successive indian governments and their policies. christine yeah, absolutely, and also diplomatic issues as well. this is a very big democracy, so that is something that us lawmakers, of course like to align with christie china has held the title of most populous country since what at least 1950 what is china s response to potentially losing this crown? christine. the issue was addressed at the ministry of foreign affairs briefing that took place on wednesday and the spokesperson wang win been he emphasized what he called china s talent dividend, he said this let s bring up the quote for you quote . we need to look not just at the size but also at the quality of the population size matters. but what matters more is talent unquote now it was last year when china s population fell to 1.4 billion people, the first drop since the 19 sixties and there are a number of factors behind this drop in clued ng
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assistant secretary for african affairs, mali fi, telling congressional staffers that the situation in sudan remains so volatile that they cannot evacuate embassy staff even though americans and embassy staff had been sheltering in place and that a guidance was renewed again earlier this week , one option being considered here. christine is the way through djibouti, which is next to sudan, but so far these people who are telling cnn several people in that room in that briefing, say it s just not easy right now to pull them out to the airport damaged and closed and it is still contested, seriously dangerous situation there. alright, larry, thank you so much. the population of india is expected to soon surpass china s u. n data shows each country with more than 1.4 billion people by the middle of this year. india slightly ahead by nearly three million together the countries account for more than one third of the world s population. cnn s vatican sued joins me from new delhi and kristie l