This has resulted in a skewed male–female ratio and a significant shortage ... As evidenced by the decline in population, China’s effort to preemptively correct its self-imposed impending ...

China recorded its lowest number of new marriages for four decades in 2024, in a sign that the country’s challenges with a declining birth rate and shrinking population are likely to deepen this ...

China's population stood at 1.408 billion at the ... The government sought to stamp out selective abortion of female children, but with abortions legal and readily available, those operating ...

China is planning new measures to boost its flagging birth rate and address its growing elderly population, but one analyst warns that more action may be needed to prevent a demographic collapse.

The biggest increase affects female blue-collar workers ... Last year, 21.1 per cent of China’s population was aged 60 or above. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, that number ...

so China's population growth continues. National ad campaigns promoting "one child" link the policy to prosperity and good Communist citizenship. By showing happy single female children ...

China’s population stood at 1.408 billion at the ... The government sought to stamp out selective abortion of female children, but with abortions legal and readily available, those operating ...