The question of who China’s leftover men will marry is becoming a pressing issue for Beijing. The government’s response will ...

China’s population stood at 1.408 billion at the ... The government sought to stamp out selective abortion of female children, but with abortions legal and readily available, those operating ...

China's population stood at 1.408 billion at the ... The government sought to stamp out selective abortion of female children ...

China is wagering that these kinds of economic incentives can convince families to have more kids, as it strives to arrest a looming demographic crisis. The country’s population has been ...

The biggest increase affects female blue-collar workers ... Last year, 21.1 per cent of China’s population was aged 60 or above. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, that number ...

China's historical one-child policy, aimed at curbing population growth, had an unintended economic impact: it significantly increased female entrepreneurship, according to a new University of ...

It has become increasingly common in China for companies to quiz female job seekers about their ... worried about the country's declining population growth, have pledged a series of measures ...

HONG KONG – China will “actively” respond to population ageing with policies for its rapidly growing elderly and its young people, including providing childcare subsidies and making ...