China News: Demographers estimate population data on January 17 to show the number of new births in 2023 falling below the 9.56 million in 2022 as long-standing i
Citizens aged 60 or over account for more than a fifth of residents in 13 of China’s 31 provincial-level jurisdictions, highlighting the challenges ahead for the country’s pension system.
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Zhou Xin
China population: three-child policy shows Beijing’s desperation to boost births, but it’s no silver bullet
China has announced it will allow each couple to have three children in a major policy overhaul aimed at boosting its declining fertility rate
But taken alone, the new initiative will have limited effect because China’s falling fertility rate is due to a host of social and economic factors