China is facing a birthrate crisis. Will Xi Jinping start growing baby soldiers in factories?
Will Xi Jinping start growing baby soldiers in factories? Add The New York Post on Google China reports its current population is 1.42 billion. Yi Fuxian, a University of Wisconsin-Madison academic who studies Chinese demography, believes that number is far too high.
- ▪Will Xi Jinping start growing baby soldiers in factories?
- ▪Add The New York Post on Google China reports its current population is 1.42 billion.
- ▪Yi Fuxian, a University of Wisconsin-Madison academic who studies Chinese demography, believes that number is far too high.
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Opinion China is facing a birthrate crisis. Will Xi Jinping start growing baby soldiers in factories? By Gordon G. Chang Published July 26, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET (function() { var overlay = document.getElementById("nyp-player-lcp-overlay"); if (!overlay) { return; } function hideOverlay() { overlay.remove(); } function afterDCL() { requestAnimationFrame(hideOverlay); } if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", afterDCL, { once: true }); } else { afterDCL(); } })(); See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google China reports its current population is 1.42 billion. Yi Fuxian, a University of Wisconsin-Madison academic who studies Chinese demography, believes that number is far too high. He’s right.
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