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China begins once-in-a-decade census to gather details about its 1.4 billion population | South China Morning Post

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China has started a census to collect information about the nation’s estimated 1.4 billion population, including data such as the identity number, gender, marital status, education and profession of each individual. The survey officially starting on November 1, 2020, is China’s seventh national census since the firs…

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