China's population falls again as births drop 17% a decade after policy ended

A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, the country's authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies ...

China’s population falls for fourth year as births hit record low despite new family incentives

China’s population dropped by another 3 million in 2025, with births falling to a record low despite expanded child-rearing ...
China Daily Global Edition

Progress report on China's youth development

According to the seventh national census in 2020, China's population of youth aged 14-35 was about 400 million, making up 28.4 percent of the total population. Combined with historical data, the youth ...
Opinion

Why reversing China’s demographic decline will prove far harder than Beijing may reckon

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 ...

Young people are lonely in China. Now, there’s the ‘Are You Dead’ app for them

A new app has taken China by storm, becoming the most downloaded paid app in the country. The rather morbidly named ‘Are You ...
The Print

Just 7.9 million babies in 2025: China’s birth rate hits lowest since 1949

In a blow to President Xi Jinping’s campaign to promote a fertility-friendly society, the population fell by 3.4 million last ...

On This Day, Jan. 21: CDC confirms first U.S. case of COVID-19

On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the United States' first known case of novel ...
Zimbabwe Situation

Chinese ivory syndicates worsen Zimbabwe’s illicit financial flows

Source: Chinese ivory syndicates worsen Zimbabwe’s illicit financial flows – CITEZW The 18-year prison sentence handed to ...