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This photo taken on April 27, 2023 shows Zhu playing table tennis at a club in Rudong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. - Rudong once played a pioneering role in the rollout of Beijing's one-child policy. Now, a school lies abandoned and overgrown with vines, while one local university offers courses to retirees. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP) / To go with AFP story China-India-population-UN, FOCUS by Peter CATTERALL (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)

This photo taken on April 27, 2023 shows Zhu playing table tennis at a club in Rudong, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. - Rudong once played a pioneering role in the rollout of Beijing's one-child policy. Now, a school lies abandoned and overgrown with vines, while one local university offers courses to retirees. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP) / To go with AFP story China-India-population-UN, FOCUS by Peter CATTERALL (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)