Yi Fuxian

Yi Fuxian (易富贤) is a Chinese demographer and obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of the 2007 book Big Country with an Empty Nest, which criticised China's birth policies. The book was banned in mainland China from the time of publication until 2013, when a Chinese government press published a new edition and promoted the book.^[1][2][3][4]

Yi Fuxian

In 2019, Yi claimed that China's population had already started declining with a total fertility rate (TFR) of only 1.1, when the official projections were still at 1.8. Furthermore, Yi has estimated that China's population is only 1.28 billion, instead of the 1.41 billion the government claims.^[5][6]

References

1. "Yi, Fu-Xian". Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program. University of Wisconsin – Madison. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
2. Tatlow, Didi Kirsten (23 March 2016). "Yi Fuxian, Critic of China's Birth Policy, Returns as an Invited Guest". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
3. Lee, Jane Lanhee (3 December 2021). "Researcher questions China's population data, says it may be lower". Reuters. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
4. Tatlow, Didi Kirsten (4 November 2015). "Book on Family-Planning Policy Is Banned, Then Promoted, by China". New York Times Sinosphere Blog. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
5. Coy, Peter (28 August 2023). "The Scientist Who Foresaw China's Stagnation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
6. Yi, Fuxian (22 August 2023). "China's Population-Control Disaster". Project Syndicate. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

External links

• Yi Fuxian on Twitter