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

This has resulted in a skewed male–female ratio and a significant shortage ... As evidenced by the decline in population, China’s effort to preemptively correct its self-imposed impending ...

It was only in 2012 that the State Council, China’s Cabinet, prohibited employers from reducing female employees’ wages or terminating their contracts because of pregnancy and childbirth.

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 ...

According to the 2023 National Aging Development Bulletin released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Aging Office on October 12, ...

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 ...

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.

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 Unions Say Employers Should Not Ask Female Job Seekers About Marital ... Chinese authorities, worried about the country's declining population growth, have pledged a series of measures ...

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 ...