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"Are You Pregnant Now?": Chinese Government Workers Calling Women With Bizarre Question
China is facing its biggest demographic crisis with only nine million births recorded in 2023, the lowest since 1949
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Kindergartens Shrink In China As Falling Birth Rate Triggers Crisis
Several kindergartens have been converted into elderly care facilities to cater to increasingly ageing population.
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How China's Shrinking Population Is Making A Dent In Its Economy. Expert Explains
Ma Jiantang, former party secretary at the Development Research Centre of the State Council, said China's workforce shrank by 60 million over the past 12 years.
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Will "Dragon Babies" Fix China's Population Crisis? What Experts Say
2024 is the Year of the Dragon according to Chinese calendar, and locals believe more births are recorded during this time.
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China Scrambles To Boost Birth Rates As Population Drops For 2nd Year
China's population decline accelerated in 2023, official data showed Wednesday, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country battles a looming demographic crisis.
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Marriages In China Fall To Historic Low As Nation Deals With Declining Birth Rate: Report
The drop in couples tying the knot comes as authorities deal with a declining birth rate and a falling population.
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Recession To Hit Developing Nations, May Spare China, India: UN Report
The world economy will go into recession this year with a predicted loss of trillions of dollars of global income due to the coronavirus pandemic, spelling serious trouble for developing countries with the likely exception of India and China, according to a latest UN trade report.
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China's Population Shrinks Despite Two-Child Policy, Say Experts
China's population shrank last year for the first time in 70 years, experts said, warning of a "demographic crisis" that puts pressure on the country's slowing economy.
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Just Do It: Chinese City Tells Cadres To Set Example And Have Second Child
With China facing a demographic crisis of stalling birth rates and a fast-ageing population, one city has taken a novel approach: a direct call to action aimed at young government officials to lead the way and have a second child.
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Beijing's Population Greying Rapidly: Government
As China faces demographic crisis with rapid rise in population of old age people, the national capital is feeling the heat with numbers of pensioners climbing up to 23.4 per cent of about 22 million population.
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Dalai Lama Portraits Confiscated In China: Report
A Chinese province with a large Tibetan population has ordered shopkeepers to hand in portraits of the Dalai Lama, state-run media said today, quoting Beijing experts likening the Nobel laureate to executed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
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China mulling relaxation of one-child policy: official
Facing a demographic crisis with an ageing population, China is mulling a move to further relax its one-child policy by permitting couples to have a second child if either the husband or wife hails from a one-child family.
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"Are You Pregnant Now?": Chinese Government Workers Calling Women With Bizarre Question
China is facing its biggest demographic crisis with only nine million births recorded in 2023, the lowest since 1949
-
Kindergartens Shrink In China As Falling Birth Rate Triggers Crisis
Several kindergartens have been converted into elderly care facilities to cater to increasingly ageing population.
-
How China's Shrinking Population Is Making A Dent In Its Economy. Expert Explains
Ma Jiantang, former party secretary at the Development Research Centre of the State Council, said China's workforce shrank by 60 million over the past 12 years.
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Will "Dragon Babies" Fix China's Population Crisis? What Experts Say
2024 is the Year of the Dragon according to Chinese calendar, and locals believe more births are recorded during this time.
-
China Scrambles To Boost Birth Rates As Population Drops For 2nd Year
China's population decline accelerated in 2023, official data showed Wednesday, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country battles a looming demographic crisis.
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Marriages In China Fall To Historic Low As Nation Deals With Declining Birth Rate: Report
The drop in couples tying the knot comes as authorities deal with a declining birth rate and a falling population.
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Recession To Hit Developing Nations, May Spare China, India: UN Report
The world economy will go into recession this year with a predicted loss of trillions of dollars of global income due to the coronavirus pandemic, spelling serious trouble for developing countries with the likely exception of India and China, according to a latest UN trade report.
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China's Population Shrinks Despite Two-Child Policy, Say Experts
China's population shrank last year for the first time in 70 years, experts said, warning of a "demographic crisis" that puts pressure on the country's slowing economy.
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Just Do It: Chinese City Tells Cadres To Set Example And Have Second Child
With China facing a demographic crisis of stalling birth rates and a fast-ageing population, one city has taken a novel approach: a direct call to action aimed at young government officials to lead the way and have a second child.
-
Beijing's Population Greying Rapidly: Government
As China faces demographic crisis with rapid rise in population of old age people, the national capital is feeling the heat with numbers of pensioners climbing up to 23.4 per cent of about 22 million population.
-
Dalai Lama Portraits Confiscated In China: Report
A Chinese province with a large Tibetan population has ordered shopkeepers to hand in portraits of the Dalai Lama, state-run media said today, quoting Beijing experts likening the Nobel laureate to executed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
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China mulling relaxation of one-child policy: official
Facing a demographic crisis with an ageing population, China is mulling a move to further relax its one-child policy by permitting couples to have a second child if either the husband or wife hails from a one-child family.
