China’s property prices crash to 2005 levels: Could India face a similar housing slump?China's property market faces a prolonged downturn, with prices hitting near two-decade lows, sparking fears of a similar correction in Ind...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.38 AM IST
ET Awards: India Inc discusses strategy as FM Sitharaman signals readiness for reforms amid rising global uncertaintyIndia's finance minister has urged industry leaders to engage in open dialogue. Discussions at the Economic Times Awards focused on navigat...
27 Apr, 2026, 02.14 PM IST
'Dubai may become part of Akhand Bharat': Pakistan Senator Mushahid Hussain after UAE demands $3.5 billion loan repaymentPakistan Senator Mushahid Hussain has cautioned the United Arab Emirates. He warned about the UAE's growing relationship with India. Hussai...
07 Apr, 2026, 04.59 PM IST
World's second-biggest economy faces a threat as Chinese are not getting marriedMarriages in China fell 20% last year, reaching a record low of 6.1 million. The drop presents a challenge to China's efforts to counter it...
10 Feb, 2025, 04.36 PM IST
China's looming crisis is why Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu prefers a rural lifeZoho CEO Sridhar Vembu discusses rural living and traditional values in addressing demographic challenges, comparing China and Japan. He po...
06 Jan, 2025, 12.10 AM IST
China announces new measures for couples to have more children to avert demographic crisisChina has introduced policies such as childbirth subsidies and tax cuts for parents to combat decreasing birth rates and address an ageing ...
29 Oct, 2024, 06.01 PM IST
China's demographic time bomb: Preschools turn into nursing homes as retirement age risesChina will raise its retirement age starting January 1, 2025, in a bid to combat an escalating demographic and economic crisis. The reform,...
14 Sep, 2024, 04.20 PM IST
Why China’s young people are not getting marriedNow, as she sees rising layoffs around her in a troubled economy, she wonders if her job is secure enough to sustain a future family. She h...
10 Jul, 2023, 09.20 PM IST
China downplays India overtaking it as the most populous country; says it still has over 900 million 'quality' workforceChina's Foreign Ministry has said that its workforce of close to 900 million people will provide a strong impetus for development, as India...
19 Apr, 2023, 11.01 PM IST
Sharp fall in marriages heightens China's concerns over declining birth rateA total of 7.63 million couples registered to get married across China in 2021, a record low for the past 36 years since 1986 when the Mini...
02 Apr, 2022, 04.03 PM IST
Birth rates in China's 10 provincial-level regions fall below 1 per cent, showing demographic crisisChina passed the three-child policy in August last year in a major policy shift to address the deepening demographic crisis attributed to t...
05 Jan, 2022, 02.20 PM IST
Declining marriage numbers add to China's demographic conundrumAs the demographic crisis deepened, China has permitted all couples to have two children in 2016, scrapping the draconian decades-old one-c...
24 Nov, 2021, 12.43 PM IST
China allows couples third child amid demographic crisisFrom the 1980s, China strictly limited most couples to one child, a policy enforced with threats of fines or loss of jobs, leading to abuse...
21 Aug, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
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...
01 Jun, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Growth of China's migrant workforce declines: ReportThe growth rate dropped 0.6 per cent in 2015, and the percentage of workers younger than 40 years dropped 1.3 per cent to 55.2 per cent.
29 Apr, 2016, 06.07 PM IST
China's work force to decline to 57 per cent by 2030: ExpertsData from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that in 2015, China's working age population was 911 million and there were 222 mil...
30 Mar, 2016, 05.08 PM IST
China to increase retirement age to tackle demographic crisisYin said the current policy was formulated in the early 1950s when average life expectancy was less than 50.
15 Oct, 2015, 02.45 PM IST