Shanghai (AFP) Jan 17, 2024 - Young Chinese are increasingly hesitant to start families, citing economic concerns exacerbated by rigid social norms around child-rearing, even as their government grows desperate to boost the birth rate and stave off a demographic crisis.
A robot dog walks down a pedestrian bridge in the Asian Games host city Hangzhou - Copyright AFP Philip FONGJing Xuan TENGFrom autonomous bug zappers to android pianists and driverless ice-cream trucks, machines rule the world — at least at China’s Asian Games. The Games open Saturday after a one-year delay because of Covid with about 12,000 […]
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 19, 2023 - Foreign business confidence in China has reached its lowest in years, US and European enterprise lobbies warned Tuesday, as slowing growth and geopolitical tensions hit investment prospects.