The Christian Science Monitor

A decade after lifting one-child policy, China struggles to boost population

Despite Beijing’s campaign to encourage couples to have more children, new data shows China’s population decline is ...

China’s big people shortage just got bigger, and the risks are growing too

China faces a shrinking population and record-low birth rates, challenging economic growth and straining pensions and ...

China's population drops for fourth year as fewer babies born

BEIJING, Jan 19 (Reuters) - China's population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025 as the birthrate plunged to a ...

China’s demographic alarms blare as births hit historic low and population shrinks again

With Beijing having accelerated family-support policies and childcare subsidies, analysts warn that structural reforms are vital to arrest the deepening slide China's birth count plummeted to a record ...
CNBC

China social media thrashes one-child policy after population control czar dies

The death of a former head of China's one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week. State media praised Peng Peiyun, head of China ...

China’s births plunge, Trump’s Greenland pledge in Davos: SCMP’s 7 highlights

From China's record-low birth count to what Trump said about Greenland at Davos, here are highlights from SCMP's recent reporting We have selected seven stories from this week's news across Hong Kong, ...