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With a new development blueprint under review at the ongoing national legislative session, China is embracing a critical five ...

Last week, Beijing’s release of China’s national birth count for 2025 left demographers stunned. The national birth total plummeted by over 17% from 2024 to 2025, the PRC disclosed. That sort of ...

In a February 2025 report, the Bank of Korea warned that a shrinking workforce driven by low birth rates and rapid ageing ...

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High up Shenzhen’s Ping An Finance Center—the world’s fifth-tallest skyscraper—is a modest one-bedroom demo apartment. It’s well-furnished, smartly designed, and wouldn’t be out of place in one of ...

China's efforts to bolster birth rates have yet to address the core reasons for their rapid decline, according to analysts. The number of new marriage registrations also plunged by 25% year on year in ...

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For the first time in more than three decades, condoms will no longer enjoy VAT-exempt status in China as a new law seeks to boost birth rates. The legislation, approved in late December 2024, sets ...

China's birthrate has collapsed during President Xi Jinping's rule. Last week, Beijing’s release of China’s national birth count for 2025 left demographers stunned. The national birth total plummeted ...

Last week, Beijing’s release of China’s national birth count for 2025 left demographers stunned. The national birth total plummeted by over 17% from 2024 to 2025, the PRC disclosed. That sort of ...

Last week, Beijing’s release of China’s national birth count for 2025 left demographers stunned. The national birth total plummeted by over 17% from 2024 to 2025, the PRC disclosed. That sort of ...