According to the National Statistics Bureau, China has recorded a negative natural increase for the third consecutive year despite a rise in the number of births. China has been experiencing ...

China said on Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and ...

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

Population decline is not a blip, this is the new normal,' a Hong Kong-based professor told the Financial Times.

The world's second largest economy faces demographic headwinds, as its dwindling population continues to age, leaving a declining workforce.

China’s 1.4 billion consumers have developed Western-style appetites for high-protein foods such as pork and beef, prompting ...

HONG KONG--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 downturn will worsen in ...

The steady improvement of the business environment and living conditions in Hebei province has led to a demographic shift, ...

In the four decades leading up to the pandemic, 800 million Chinese exited poverty and began to buy things beyond their ...