China announced plans on Thursday to establish a “childbirth-friendly society,” aiming to reverse the demographic crisis and foster a positive attitude towards marriage. The plan ...

New home demand in Chinese urban cities will remain suppressed at below 5 million units per year. Shrinking population, stagnant incomes and a glut of unsold homes continue to hammer homebuyer and ...

A spring break message urging romance reflects wider efforts to boost marriages, spending and birth rates in a slowing ...

The world faces an unprecedented demographic shift that has governments and experts scrambling for solutions. While global population reached 8 billion people in November 2022, the UN's 2024 ...

Evidence suggests that China's "cradle of civilization" experienced marked climate disasters and social upheavals during the ...

BEIJING — China's population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025 as the birthrate plunged to a record low, official data showed on Monday, with experts warning of further decline. The country's ...

China's government will offer subsidies to parents to the tune of $500 per child under the age of three per year, Beijing's state media said Monday, as the world's second most populous nation faces a ...

China’s central government introduced a childcare subsidy on July 28 that will provide families with 3,000 yuan (around $418) a year for each child under the age of three. The announcement came days ...

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 ...