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World Service,11 May 2021,26 mins

China's population growth rate slows

World Business Report

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China's population grew at its slowest pace in decades according to results of its census. The BBC's Robin Brant in Shanghai explains why a slowdown in population growth presents significant demographic challenges for the country. And we get wider context from Dr Lauren Johnson of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Also in the programme, a case filed with the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal argues that millions of Apple's customers in the UK should be compensated for breaches of competition law because of how the company's App Store works. Dr Rachael Kent, lecturer in digital economy at King's College, London, is bringing the case, and tells us why. Plus, in the wake of the row over the failed creation of a European Super League for some of the continent's top football teams, the BBC's Ed Butler examines what it revealed about the real state of finances in football, and the power of fans to change things. (Picture: Babies held by nurses on a ward in China. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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