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A town in northeast China has shrunk by a third since 2010. Here's one family's story

Vegetables grow in front of an abandoned movie theater in Yimianpo, in China

An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are fewer than three births per 1,000 residents in the province — China's lowest rate.

(Image credit: John Ruwitch)

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