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- Heavily debated among policymakers and academics for years, China’s greying trend looks to complicate the push by leadership for common prosperity
- China’s once-a-decade census will provide a clearer picture of the demographic structure and welfare of senior citizens when results are released next year
A government plan to raise the retirement age in China has sparked anger. An academic points out people stay in education longer these days and their life expectancy is higher than when pensionable ages were set decades ago.
A government plan to raise the retirement age in China has sparked anger. An academic points out people stay in education longer these days and their life expectancy is higher than when pensionable ages were set decades ago.
China reportedly considering financial and policy support in 2021-25 five-year plan to encourage couples to have more children.
China reportedly considering financial and policy support in 2021-25 five-year plan to encourage couples to have more children.
Some seven million officials fanned out across China to conduct the nation’s seventh population census in November and December 2020, in what will become a key resource for future planning.
Some seven million officials fanned out across China to conduct the nation’s seventh population census in November and December 2020, in what will become a key resource for future planning.
Few Chinese cities make birth rate predictions public, but the numbers out of Ningbo fuel concerns that the country is facing a demographic crisis as its labour force and fertility rate decline.
Few Chinese cities make birth rate predictions public, but the numbers out of Ningbo fuel concerns that the country is facing a demographic crisis as its labour force and fertility rate decline.
The death of Christian woman Samiya David reveals the extent of the abuse trafficked Pakistani girls face in China.
The death of Christian woman Samiya David reveals the extent of the abuse trafficked Pakistani girls face in China.
Doctors at hospital in Shandong province deliver 2.6kg baby girl Tianci by caesarean section, local newspapers report.
Doctors at hospital in Shandong province deliver 2.6kg baby girl Tianci by caesarean section, local newspapers report.
China dropped slogans and delegates from its 70th anniversary celebrations on Tuesday in a move that could signal a change to its controversial policy.
China dropped slogans and delegates from its 70th anniversary celebrations on Tuesday in a move that could signal a change to its controversial policy.
James Liang, the chairman of Chinese travel services provider Ctrip, believes policies that govern size and demographic make-up could be the determining factors.
James Liang, the chairman of Chinese travel services provider Ctrip, believes policies that govern size and demographic make-up could be the determining factors.
Beijing’s move comes as projections show that the fund is slowly running dry amid an increasingly ageing population and shrinking workforce.
Beijing’s move comes as projections show that the fund is slowly running dry amid an increasingly ageing population and shrinking workforce.
More than one-third of the 71 shrinking cities still building new industrial zones or residential districts are located in China’s northeast.
More than one-third of the 71 shrinking cities still building new industrial zones or residential districts are located in China’s northeast.
The study tracked the intensity of night lights in more than 3,300 cities and towns between 2013 and 2016, but urban planners are still being told to keep building.
The study tracked the intensity of night lights in more than 3,300 cities and towns between 2013 and 2016, but urban planners are still being told to keep building.
China’s birth rate has fallen to its lowest level since the Great Famine of 1961, when millions of people starved to death and reproduction consequently plummeted.
China’s birth rate has fallen to its lowest level since the Great Famine of 1961, when millions of people starved to death and reproduction consequently plummeted.
Insecure cache discovered by Dutch internet expert Victor Gevers, who earlier identified surveillance database tracking 2.5 million residents in Xinjiang.
Insecure cache discovered by Dutch internet expert Victor Gevers, who earlier identified surveillance database tracking 2.5 million residents in Xinjiang.
China has abandoned its one-child policy but the worries are not over for unmarried women and parents struggling to afford childcare.
China has abandoned its one-child policy but the worries are not over for unmarried women and parents struggling to afford childcare.
Government policy alone cannot reverse the trend of a declining fertility rate, while a demographic dividend has its limits. Beijing should focus on raising the quality of its workforce to minimise the economic impact.
Government policy alone cannot reverse the trend of a declining fertility rate, while a demographic dividend has its limits. Beijing should focus on raising the quality of its workforce to minimise the economic impact.
Births in 2018 will drop below 15 million, according to report.
Births in 2018 will drop below 15 million, according to report.
Largely driven by poverty, tens of thousands of young Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laos and Myanmar women marry Chinese men each year
Largely driven by poverty, tens of thousands of young Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laos and Myanmar women marry Chinese men each year