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Due to the below replacement level of fertility among atheists/nonreligious (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]), [[China]] is facing a demographic crisis and a shrinking population (see: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTbILK0fxDY Demography — China's Reckoning]). According to ''Forbes'' magazine, as far as the fertility rate of China: "...the Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) dropped in 2021 to just 1.15, far below the 2.1 required for a stable population."<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/franklavin/2022/10/12/chinas-demographics-it-gets-worse/?sh=6102ba4331d1 China’s Demographics: It Gets Worse], Forbes magazine, Oct 12, 2022</ref> In 2022, the historian [[Niall Ferguson]] indicated that [[China]]'s population is projected to drop by 50-75% by the end of the century.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2vqnpXWM0Y&t=601s Niall Ferguson on the projected drop of China's population in the 21st century]</ref>  

Due to the below replacement level of fertility among atheists/nonreligious (see: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]), [[China]] is facing a demographic crisis and a shrinking population (see: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTbILK0fxDY Demography — China's Reckoning]). According to ''Forbes'' magazine, as far as the fertility rate of China: "...the Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) dropped in 2021 to just 1.15, far below the 2.1 required for a stable population."<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/franklavin/2022/10/12/chinas-demographics-it-gets-worse/?sh=6102ba4331d1 China’s Demographics: It Gets Worse], Forbes magazine, Oct 12, 2022</ref> In 2022, the historian [[Niall Ferguson]] indicated that [[China]]'s population is projected to drop by 50-75% by the end of the century.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2vqnpXWM0Y&t=601s Niall Ferguson on the projected drop of China's population in the 21st century]</ref>  

A number of leading financial and international politics analysts are taking a pessimistic view about China remaining a global power as is it faces several, serious intractable, economic problems (China is experiencing a very serious real estate crisis:  [[Chinese real estate crisis (2020–present)]]. In January 2024, Chinese equities were mired in a $6 trillion-plus bear-market rout.<ref>[https://archive.ph/LVhCf#selection-4533.0-4533.62 ''US Extends Lead Over China in Race for World’s Biggest Economy''], Bloomberg News, January 25, 2024</ref> China is also experiencing a deflation crisis: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1qLbDu04d0 Why China’s Deflation Crisis is Getting Worse]).<ref>[https://archive.md/hEgDs China's dangerous decline], ''Foreign Affairs'' magazine, December 22, 2022</ref> So the [[Chinese Communist Party]], which enforces state atheism, could lose power if China continues its downward path in terms of economic strength and its power over the Chinese people.  

A number of leading financial and international politics analysts are taking a pessimistic view about China remaining a global power as is it faces several, serious intractable, economic problems (China is experiencing a very serious real estate crisis:  [[Chinese real estate crisis (2020–present)]]. In January 2024, Chinese equities were mired in a $6 trillion-plus bear-market rout.<ref>[https://archive.ph/LVhCf#selection-4533.0-4533.62 ''US Extends Lead Over China in Race for World’s Biggest Economy''], Bloomberg News, January 25, 2024</ref> China is also experiencing a deflation crisis: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1qLbDu04d0 Why China’s Deflation Crisis is Getting Worse]).<ref>[https://archive.md/hEgDs China's dangerous decline], ''Foreign Affairs'' magazine, December 22, 2022</ref> So the [[Chinese Communist Party]], which enforces state atheism, could lose power if China continues its downward path in terms of economic strength and lose its power over the Chinese people.  

As can be seen below, East Asia will play a leading role in global desecularization in the 21st century.  

As can be seen below, East Asia will play a leading role in global desecularization in the 21st century.