China’s economy met the government’s official growth target in 2025, with official figures showing real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 5%. Exports played an outsized role in delivering this ...

China has had population control policies, which are now resulting in a declining population rate. To tackle that, it has now ...

China’s Population Drops for the Fourth Year in a Row, Threatening Long-Term Risks for the Country’s Economy ...

Despite lifting the one-child policy to allow three children, the fertility rate remains low. Most families cite the costs and pressure of raising a child in a highly competitive society.

BEIJING -- China's one-child policy, one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has seen, forced abortions on women, made sterilization widespread and led to baby daughters being ...

Despite Beijing’s campaign to encourage couples to have more children, new data shows China’s population decline is ...

Its current trajectory may have far-reaching economic consequences. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could drag on the world’s second-largest economy for ...

India is set to be the world’s second-biggest driver of global growth in 2026, behind China. IMF data shows India and China ...

BEIJING (AP) — From ancient times until today, an enormous population has been a foundational way for China to project its strength. But anxiety about managing so many mouths has always loomed. “China ...

Back in April 2023, the UN acknowledged that India had overtaken China as the most populous country. Incidentally, China’s population reached its peak size of 1.426 billion in 2022, after which ...