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

BEIJING - After years of decline, marriage registrations rebounded across regions in China last year, government data showed, ...

China’s demographic decline complicates Xi Jinping’s ambitions. The president wants to double GDP by 2035, complete the country’s transformation into a techno-industrial superpower and expand its ...

Back in April 2023, the UN acknowledged that India had overtaken China as the most populous country. Incidentally, China’s ...

China has just announced that births in 2025 plunged to 7.92 million, from 9.54 million the previous year – and almost half ...

China’s population fell again, marking the fourth straight year of decline. According to new government data released this ...

China has released its 2025 population statistics, showing that 7.92 million babies were born last year, down 17% from 9.54 ...

As China’s fertility rate falls to roughly half the replacement level of 2.1, Beijing is scrambling to boost births through policy incentives. But the decline now resembles a boulder rolling ...

Last week, Beijing’s release of China’s national birth count for 2025 left demographers stunned. The national birth total ...

China’s birth count plummeted to a record low last year, falling by about 10 million from its 2016 peak and slashing the ...

With reference to the article “‘Too little too late’ exposes inability to handle ‘midlife blues’” published on January 22, ...

Vembu has repeatedly warned that India should pay close attention to what is happening in China and Japan. Citing Chinese ...