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I don’t: marriage registrations tumble, adding to China’s population woes

South China Morning Post
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China on track to post its lowest number of marriage registrations since 1980 this year .

In the first nine months of the year , 4.75 million couples registered a marriage, representing a 16.6 per cent drop compared to the same period in 2023 .

Only 1.32 million marriages were registered in the third quarter , with the figure dropping by more than 25 per cent from a year earlier .

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English

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