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More Americans dying than being born? US hits demographic tipping point by 2030America faces a demographic shift. By 2030, more people will die than be born. This trend is driven by falling birth rates and reduced immi...
China introduces subsidy to spur population growthThe government will spend 3,600 yuan ($502) a year per child under age three, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The assistance,...
The country that once limited babies is now paying for themChina birthrate: China plans to give cash to families to encourage childbirth. Each child will get 3,600 yuan yearly until age three, start...
Japan’s birthrate hits new low: Expert warns only one teenager will be left by THIS year in world's 4th biggest economyJapan faces a severe demographic crisis with a record low birthrate, a shrinking workforce, and rising social security costs. Government me...
More countries, including China, are grappling with shrinking and aging populationsCountries grappling with population decline and aging issues offer financial incentives to encourage childbirth. China, Japan, Italy, and S...
Japanese lawmaker's bizarre comments on women to tackle country's declining birthrate is viralJapanese lawmaker Naoki Hyakuta is facing severe criticism after he made controversial and bizarre remarks about women in a YouTube program...
China's 'silver economy' is thriving as birthrate plungesIn response to China's declining birthrate, businesses are shifting focus from children to the elderly. Li Dongmei, who once ran kindergart...
More Chinese tied the knot in 2023, lifting marriage rates for first time in nine yearsChina's new marriages increased by 12.4% in 2023 due to COVID-19 impact. Premier Li Qiang aims for a birth-friendly society amidst declinin...
Three is best: How China's family planning propaganda has changedChina's one-child policy, once strictly enforced, has transitioned to promoting a pro-birth culture. However, birthrates continue to declin...
Why China's shrinking population is a problem for everyoneChina's population decline, which will soon make India the most populous nation, will have significant effects on its economy and global br...
Can China reverse its population decline? Just ask SwedenWith 850,000 fewer births than deaths last year, at least according to the country's official report, China joined an expanding set of nati...
Xi Jinping promotes Communist Party youth wing ahead of key congressWhile relying heavily on traditional political formulas, Xi's speech skirted controversial issues, including expectations he will seek a th...
China says private tutors will not be able to offer classes onlineA competitive higher education system has made tutoring services popular with parents but the Chinese government has sought to reduce the c...
China stocks end mixed on trade data; Shanghai Composite closes 0.2% higherThe blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.1 per cent to 5,277.63, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.2 per cent to 3,599.54.
China's newly-announced 3-child policy receives unenthusiastic responseIn the face of a looming demographic crisis, China on Monday eased its two-child policy to allow couples to have three children. However, t...
Chinese military faces significant challenge as fertility rate falls in 2020China's once-a-decade census, released this month, showed that 12 million babies were born in the last year, the lowest since 1961, during ...
Drop in Xinjiang birthrate largest in recent history: ReportThe report from the Australian Strategy Policy Institute, obtained exclusively ahead of publication by The Associated Press, showed the 48....
China considers new actions to lift flagging birthrateFor decades, China enforced strict controls on additional births in the name of preserving scarce resources for its burgeoning economy. But...
At 1.32 billion, India’s population may have overtaken China’sThe Guardian on Wednesday reported claims of a Chinese academic who said Chinese statisticians had overestimated China's population by abou...
- China to continue with controversial one-child policy
China has dismissed reports that the country's new leadership may ease up on the one-child policy, saying that it would continue adhering t...