Over 25 million people in China dropped out of the voluntary urban and rural residents’ health insurance scheme in 2022 due to rising premiums, lower incomes and a lack of awareness.
Mainland social media has been sent into a spin over the story of a Chinese girl who fainted from excitement on learning that she had aced her future-deciding post-graduate admission exams.
Population experts tell GlobalMarkets how forecasts of China’s shrinking population will make it harder for it to “compete on the world stage” with the United States and will leave it with rising pensions costs
The recent Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles was Washington’s big push to showcase the importance of multilateral forums in Latin America and the Caribbean as a shaping tool for developing a regional agenda and fostering coordination. Of course, the administration of President Joe Biden did not extend an invitation to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), but China was on everyone’s mind. “It’s much better for us… to have a supply chain here in the Americas than it is for us to be dependent on a supply chain that comes from China,” U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar told reporters at the event. For better or for worse, the summit was Washington’s show and focused on crafting a coordinated agenda for the region as well as showcasing the numerous points of weakness in Washington’s regional engagement, primarily stemming from the evolving political dynamics of the region. But throughout the summit, it was clear that Washington’s agenda was deeply rooted in its u
Chinese academics are ushering in a new school of thought concerning China’s role in international affairs – one that is particularly attractive to the developing world.