This photo taken on April 27, 2023 shows elderly people playing gateball at a university 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 elderly people playing gateball at a university 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)](https://embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/id/1252620011/photo/china-india-population-un.jpg?s=594x594&w=0&k=20&c=EOa4pvQiPmQwEXfxBnesOpa9SwLC2S4os5PrltIshdY=&Expires=1722042000&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIJLYLGZE3LWJLKRA&Signature=Bz7M9EwyHBova-jXtYkAhCF-Go6QeRkS~VY7q65sNNPwvKHSnrbkz7C23vpMSL1LK-ZjhIL9o53~GM5JZxLKObuPmtb3FP8PM5WBay2ao5lKqGZb8xZkqQp3ST0O5ZNo5WtdSZjpawfoOP6BBWVJ~5kBNb8Y1efCq8--gmX2g73bzmNpeCBtMtN-KbCuSw6ka8dhpTt2sO0fO4begvFRj-xGjKe9tUHzmn4M8wjySbuTEK5AgmYmyRRRi82oWG345JlwaOGh7Og~xqcWESIgQU38or7lILy0uPTx2G2-7puvFGn8E0TOKsZO0xawffrESk9gpL4WB7gv6yAkwu6H3M9DbFipHSA0sV5pz3LtzHQQBAildqkBoq3R5JTuKhZgJCA3JXhBZIVcyzxtqQbxX8HMye4ZURjkLtMsrSdl7E1qzR3hliyghs2o4Nro2bWQq61pqfpQxUv0fKjj6JDQH6AqF5wbGx3FoksleMGP7WLXHY3C-rY0VF-n~0p240KLXNeBEOISt0e3ToYA2~rU9PzrIXQfgOUWYQfUOHMGzSWVrSz1q8vuD6xkUirpPTll9oCSA-RIaoZBI4L82Rj3gkztq9~6sKrImbgwnBOgcRtmNSVP3VnfsrJC1EP9bHmgOVCq1YM80t611ooQ3m7eJ1yWIsMDQ9ZOuYTx8l-Hxmw_)