The PRC population never declined absolutely by that much, and it has increased in pretty much every year other than 1960 with the GLF famine (in which it decreased by a few million). Presumably, he meant that population was 300m lower than would have been predicated by earlier trends, or by other contemporary indicators which are usually correlated with population.
> From: Louis Pro > > One is > a reduction in population to the tune of 300 million. > > > ^^^^^ > CB: I'm sorry for not completely understanding this. In what sense is the > population reduced by 300 million ? >
