China’s birth rate has hit a historic low – deepening fears of a major economic shock in the decades to come as the country’s ...

China’s problem is not that married couples are having fewer children. It is that fewer people are choosing to marry in the first place.

BEIJING (AP) — From ancient times until today, an enormous population has been a foundational way for China to project its strength. But anxiety about managing so many mouths has always loomed. “China ...

China’s demographic trajectory is changing fast. With lower birth rates, a rapidly aging society, and a shrinking working-age population, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BANGKOK — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ...

China is experiencing rapid population aging and a declining workforce, posing significant economic and fiscal challenges, ...

China’s collapsing birthrate is shrinking its workforce, distorting its military calculus, and compressing Beijing’s strategic timeline, creating a narrowing window in which demographic decline may ...

After a brief rebound, marriages will resume their downward path, owing to the steady decline in China’s childbearing-age ...

India’s choice to avoid coercion and respect women’s reproductive freedom not only preserves social stability but also leverages the natural benefits of an educated population ...

A woman lifts up a child in Beijing, China, on Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A woman lifts up a child in Beijing, China, on Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) People catch a sight of the ...

BANGKOK (AP) — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, the country's ...