China’s population has declined for three straight years. Even a small baby bump during 2024’s auspicious Year of the Dragon couldn’t turn things around; it was still the second-lowest number of ...

China has had a population decline for the second straight year. It’s a symptom of a much bigger issue. After seven years of a dropping birthrate and an increasing death rate, the nation is headed ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation, ...

Angela Roma on PexelsFor decades, China enforced one of the most controversial population control measures in modern history.

China launches wedding and childbirth subsidies as it fights a steep population decline rooted in decades of one-child policy ...

BEIJING — China’s population dropped in 2023 by 2 million people — the second consecutive annual drop as births fell and deaths increased after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the government ...

China’s rapidly aging population – now over 310 million people aged 60 and older – is transforming the country’s economic ...

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A nation and its attendant economy are only as strong and great as its population base. A key factor undergirding that population is a nation’s total fertility rate. And China is one of the leading ...

An investor looks at a screen showing stock market movements at a securities company in Hangzhou, China, on Feb. 8, 2024. (Str/AFP/Getty Images) For the past decade, Americans have worried ...