Researchers have used cutting-edge laser sensors to count the number of trees in China and mapped their distribution across ...

TAIPEI--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 ...

China is planning new measures to boost its flagging birth rate and address its growing elderly population, but one analyst warns that more action may be needed to prevent a demographic collapse.

The country's shrinking population is a grim omen for the rest of the world China's population is shrinking. While the massive country is still home to 1.4 billion people — nearly one out of ...

Also, China’s population, which was 544 million in 1950 ... As described above, the significant changes in the geographic distribution of the world’s population across the planet and the ranking in ...

Thus, while China represents 17.2 per cent of the global population, it will account for less than 6 per cent of births – comparable to Nigeria. Moreover, China’s fertility rate in 2025 is ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

HONG KONG, March 5 (Reuters) - China will "actively" respond to population aging with policies for its rapidly growing elderly and its young people, including providing childcare subsidies and ...

China to Adopt Policies for Aging Population, Try to Boost Birth Rates HONG KONG (Reuters) -China will "actively" respond to population aging with policies for its rapidly growing elderly and its ...