One Child Policy

A short clip of the US author's podcast has gone viral after industrialist Harsh Goenka shared it on X.

A woman took to Twitter to share a heartbreaking story of her mother when she was forced to send her two-month-old daughter to her relative because of the policy.

China had 1.41 billion people at the end of last year, 850,000 fewer than the end of 2021, according to data released by the National Statistics Bureau on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a batch of pleas, including one seeking steps for enforcing a two-child norm to control the rising population, saying it is for the government to look at the issue.

China on Tuesday announced a slew of perks aimed at encouraging families to have more babies, as birth rates hit a record low and officials warned that the population will start to shrink by 2025.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is delaying the retirement age of its government employees as the draconian one-child policy bears its long-term effects in the form of an ageing population accompanied by increased state expenditure on pensions

China's national legislature on Friday formally endorsed the three-child policy mooted by the ruling Communist Party, in a major policy shift aimed to prevent a steep decline in birth rates in the world's most populous country.

The Chinese are projected to spend the equivalent of $7 billion on furry friends by 2022, a surge from $2.6 billion last year, according to the German market research firm Euromonitor.

During his campaign and tumultuous first year in office, President Donald Trump demonstrated little knowledge of policy details. He was not interested in advice that conflicted with his instincts, and it was often impossible for White House staff to figure out what course he wanted to take. One compared it to "trying to figure out what a child want...

Nearly two years after China got rid of its one-child policy, a city in China has a similar policy but for a different section of the population - its canines.

A 46-year-old woman in south China has given birth to a healthy baby from an embryo frozen 16 years ago, health officials announced.

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to complete a national survey and generate a database within six months about the drug abuse by children saying "protecting children from the widespread prevalence of substance abuse is one of the biggest policy challenges facing India". The apex court also directed the Union Government to formulate a com...

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.

China's new policy to permit two children, ending the one child policy this year is resulting in discrimination of women in job market as employers prefer male workers to avoid lengthy maternity leave, official media reported.

Chinese parents who bore children outside the country's one-child policy have protested outside the family planning commission in a bid to have their fines canceled.

A short clip of the US author's podcast has gone viral after industrialist Harsh Goenka shared it on X.

A woman took to Twitter to share a heartbreaking story of her mother when she was forced to send her two-month-old daughter to her relative because of the policy.

China had 1.41 billion people at the end of last year, 850,000 fewer than the end of 2021, according to data released by the National Statistics Bureau on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a batch of pleas, including one seeking steps for enforcing a two-child norm to control the rising population, saying it is for the government to look at the issue.

China on Tuesday announced a slew of perks aimed at encouraging families to have more babies, as birth rates hit a record low and officials warned that the population will start to shrink by 2025.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is delaying the retirement age of its government employees as the draconian one-child policy bears its long-term effects in the form of an ageing population accompanied by increased state expenditure on pensions

China's national legislature on Friday formally endorsed the three-child policy mooted by the ruling Communist Party, in a major policy shift aimed to prevent a steep decline in birth rates in the world's most populous country.

The Chinese are projected to spend the equivalent of $7 billion on furry friends by 2022, a surge from $2.6 billion last year, according to the German market research firm Euromonitor.

During his campaign and tumultuous first year in office, President Donald Trump demonstrated little knowledge of policy details. He was not interested in advice that conflicted with his instincts, and it was often impossible for White House staff to figure out what course he wanted to take. One compared it to "trying to figure out what a child want...

Nearly two years after China got rid of its one-child policy, a city in China has a similar policy but for a different section of the population - its canines.

A 46-year-old woman in south China has given birth to a healthy baby from an embryo frozen 16 years ago, health officials announced.

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to complete a national survey and generate a database within six months about the drug abuse by children saying "protecting children from the widespread prevalence of substance abuse is one of the biggest policy challenges facing India". The apex court also directed the Union Government to formulate a com...

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.

China's new policy to permit two children, ending the one child policy this year is resulting in discrimination of women in job market as employers prefer male workers to avoid lengthy maternity leave, official media reported.

Chinese parents who bore children outside the country's one-child policy have protested outside the family planning commission in a bid to have their fines canceled.