Landlords in Hong Kong, a city with a notoriously high cost of housing, have found they can make more money by dividing a ...

HONG KONG: China's population fell for a third consecutive ... been falling for decades as a result of the one-child policy China implemented from 1980 to 2015 as well as rapid urbanisation.

China's population has declined for the ... the country experienced a rapid population surge. However, concerns arose that population growth would outstrip the country's ability to provide sufficient ...

China’s population dropped by 1.39 million to 1.408 ... restrictive family planning policies of the past. The one-child policy, enforced for decades, created a deeply ingrained cultural norm ...

Even for China’s richest man, it was a bold investment. Last month, beverage magnate Zhong Shanshan raised eyebrows when he announced plans to spend 40 billion yuan (US$5.5 billion) over the ...

Tens of thousands of people in densely populated, land-poor Hong Kong live in tiny dwellings made by dividing up apartments, ...

Marriage registrations in China hit an all-time low in 2024, with only 6.1 million couples tying the knot—a sharp 20.5% ...

China’s population fell ... to worry the country’s population was outstripping its ability to feed itself and began implementing a draconian “one child policy.” Though it was never law ...

AP China ended its strict "one-child policy", imposed in the 1980s over overpopulation fears, in 2016 and started letting couples have three children in 2021. China has tried it all to get its ...

HONG KONG, Jan 17 — China’s population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024 ... China’s birth rates have been falling for decades as a result of the one-child policy China implemented from 1980 ...

Elderly people rest at a park on a summer day in Beijing ...

China’s population fell ... to worry the country’s population was outstripping its ability to feed itself and began implementing a draconian “one child policy.” Though it was never law ...