Western media reports that China’s population is inferior to India are deliberately ignoring China’s rise, using the issue to “denigrate” it, China’s state broadcaster CCTV said, as Beijing appears to be reacting negatively to the loss of the world’s population primacy.

Thursday’s CCTV commentary reported that in recent years, Western media have reported that China’s growth is in “big trouble” and that when its demographic advantage disappears, its growth will also decline, affecting the global economy.

“They systematically slandered China, but it has fully developed, creating a miracle of sustainable and stable economic growth with a huge population,” CCTV said.

India is overtaking China as the world’s most populous country and will have nearly 3 million more people than its neighbor by the middle of this year, according to figures released Wednesday by the United Nations.

“The United States is stepping up efforts to curb China’s growth, support further abandonment of its economy, and found new momentum for its campaign in a UN report,” CCTV reports, adding that the West has simply leveled the population. with development achievements.

“Such a smear campaign lacks a basic understanding of the law of population growth. With the development of human society today, declining birth rates and declining desire to have children are common problems that the whole world is facing,” China State Television added.

CCTV added that Western developed countries usually face problems such as labor shortages.

Last year, China’s population declined for the first time in 60 years, a historic shift that is expected to lead to a long period of population decline with serious consequences for its economy and the world.

Source: Reuters, Al Jazeera.