China's demographic timebomb

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China's economy is growing at its slowest rate since the Communist Party came to power almost three decades ago. At the same time, its one child policy has slowed population growth to levels not seen since the 1940s. What are the prospects, then, for the world's second largest economy? We speak to Sarah Hsu, head of the US-based economic research consultants China Rising. And in the week that Beijing and Washington sign their "phase one" trade deal, we get the thoughts of David Malpass, president of the World Bank. And Kai Ryssdal of our US partner station Marketplace has been talking to US farmers for their reaction. Nigel Cassidy is joined throughout the programme by Sarah Knight of ABC radio in Perth in western Australia. (Picture: A rickshaw driver in Beijing. Credit: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP via Getty Images)