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15 Jun 2013

The population of the world will reach 7.2 billion next month and 10.9 billion by 2100, with most of the growth a result of high birth rates in the developing world, the UN says.

2:56AM
1 May 2013

During a recent discussion with business school students at Tsinghua University the question arose as to whether real estate prices would fall if populations began declining. This is certainly...

3:44AM
6 Mar 2013

Communist Party chief Xi Jinping said it takes courage for China to embrace new paradigms and to break vested interests groups' resistance in order to push deep reforms. 

3:50AM
3 Feb 2013

Beijing's top family planning official recently dismissed speculation that the one-child policy will be scrapped this year. Wang Xia, minister of the National Population and Family Planning...

6:34AM
1 Feb 2013

Pressure over Hong Kong's population policies increased yesterday after the government admitted it had no idea how many foreigners and mainlanders lived in the city.

11:09AM
30 Jan 2013

The Lion City unveiled ambitious plans yesterday to open its doors to hundreds of thousands of expatriate workers. It was inspired by concerns about the falling birth rate and ageing population,...

11:14AM

Mainland officials in charge of statistics are not known for flagging areas of concern when they meet the press at regular briefings and present the latest economic data. Instead, they always try...

5:32AM

Researchers about to launch Hong Kong's largest demographic survey say attempts to halt the 20-year decline in the city's birth rate have proved ineffective. And they suggested alternative...

10:44AM

Measures to keep the national birth rate low are going to be around "for a long time", according to the top family planning official. She dismissed speculation the one-child policy would be...

10:40AM

This is a lively and readable book about one of the biggest challenges for the mainland's rulers over the next 20 years: how to build well-planned and affordable cities for the one billion people...

3:55PM

As many as half of the 170,000 babies born in Hong Kong to mainland parents may aspire to live in the city, the government says.

That was the estimate given to the Long-Term Housing...

4:06AM

Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday told his special envoy to Seoul to work towards improving ties with South Korea, describing it as Tokyo's most important neighbour. Abe plans to...

6:11AM

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