January 18, 2023 5:57 pm
The drop in China's population, the worst since 1961, also makes it more probable that India will become the world's most populous nation this year.
March 22, 2019 8:50 am
Alarmed by the rapid ageing of its population, China relaxed its controversial "one-child policy" in 2016, allowing all couples to have two children instead of just one. The change has failed to reverse the long-term trend of falling birth rates.
November 02, 2015 1:14 am
China leaves behind the one-child family, marking the end of a grim, niggardly era.
November 18, 2013 1:21 pm
Chinese leadership has pledges to give markets a decisive role in key areas of economy.
March 11, 2012 3:05 pm
Human trafficking is a serious problem in China,blamed in part on the strict 'one-child' policy.
January 17, 2023 7:33 pm
China’s population has begun to shrink, after a steady, yearslong decline in its birthrate that experts say will be irreversible.



