China's low birth rate and aging population are ending any hopes Beijing had of overtaking the U.S. as an economic giant.

China’s population shrank for the third straight year in 2024, even though births rose slightly, underscoring a persistent long-term risk for the economy. The total number of people in China ...

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, which is now ...

By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from Hong Kong To get its citizens to have more children and stop its population from shrinking, China has tried it all, even declaring having babies ...

HONG KONG, Jan 17 (Reuters) - China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the trend ...

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- China newly identified more than 52,000 cultural heritage sites last year in its national census of immovable heritage, the National Cultural Heritage Administration ...

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