China faces school closures and reduced teacher hiring due to declining birth rates.

China faces school closures and reduced teacher hiring due to declining birth rates and a shrinking population of school-aged children, leading to a struggling job market. Jiangxi and Hubei provinces have reduced new teaching positions by 54.7% and 20% respectively. The declining number of schoolchildren highlights China's deepening demographic challenges, with the fertility rate dropping to 1.09 in 2022, resulting in a decreasing number of births.

August 02, 2024
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