An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are ...

China's population fell for the second consecutive year as the birth rate reached a record low. The government has tried to address the issue by reversing old policies and giving incentives. But an ...

China just released the results of its latest census. And there could be a demographic crisis lurking in the data. The population of mainland China rose to 1.41 billion - a gain of 5.38% over the last ...

This is part of a Globe and Mail series in which Beijing correspondent Nathan VanderKlippe looks at China’s present and future challenges before his return to Canada. The robot revolution that ...

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China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation, which is now facing ...

The country's population fell by 850,000 people in 2022 to 1.4118 billion, per official statistics. The drop, coupled with China's aging population, poses risks to the health of the nation's economy.

Frank Ching is a Hong Kong-based journalist. Four decades ago, China entranced the world as its paramount leader Deng Xiaoping opened up the country to foreign investors and focused on modernization.

China will lose half its population by the end of the century. The population decline is a warning for the US and Europe.Alyssa Powell/Insider The country's shrinking population is a grim omen for the ...

There is also a broader issue with civic and geographic education" in the U.S., a geopolitical analyst and lawyer told Newsweek.

China needs babies to fix a problem of its own creation. The country’s old one-child policy has created a future labour shortage, with not enough young workers lined up to replace the existing ...

Upon review, China has decided to uphold its one-child policy to keep its population in check, even as the country's traditional preference for sons continues to eclipse the stagnating rate of female ...