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The headline is a single claim that a named source supports. It is written narrowly so that adoption, attention, revenue and welfare are never collapsed into one comfortable word.

The three sections below the fold

What this does not establish is the boundary of the evidence. Counterevidence & uncertainty is what argues the other way. What would change the reading is the observation that would move it. A record missing any of the three is incomplete, not merely brief.

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MWITA-DS-2026-001 · Evidence A · P1

China's official year-end estimate put the mainland population at 1,404.89 million in 2025, 3.39 million fewer than at the end of 2024.

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Counterevidence & uncertainty

This is an estimate, not a census count; it excludes Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and foreigners residing in the mainland.

What would change the reading

Replace or revise when NBS publishes a corrected annual estimate or subsequent census benchmark.

Primary routes

  1. DS-S001https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202602/t20260228_1962661.htmlOpen source record →

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