China Is Struggling to Reverse Its Birth Rate Crisis, Researchers Say

China's rollout of measures to boost its flagging birth rate remains patchy and inconsistent, a team of researchers has found ...

China's Marriage Numbers Plunge Amid Population Crisis

After seven years of decline, China's birth rate ticked slightly upward last year, a shift analysts have attributed to the ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Gendered Legacies of Control: How China’s Population Policies Reshaped Women’s Lives

Guest Contributors Tahina Montoya is a defense and policy researcher at RAND, and Kelly Atkinson is a political scientist at RAND.

China’s Condom Tax Shocks the World Amid Birthrate Drop as India Surges Ahead in Population Rankings

A dramatic shift in China’s population policy is making global headlines. Beijing has decided to tax condoms, ending a ...

Living to 79: China’s record longevity puts economic wrinkles in focus

Improved healthcare outcomes are colliding with China’s three-year population decline, testing social safety nets despite ...
Foreign Policy

China’s Plunging Birth Rate Is a Crisis of Belief

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Columbus Telegram

China announces first population decline in recent years

BEIJING — China's population shrank for the first time in decades last year as its birthrate plunged, official figures showed Tuesday, adding to pressure on leaders to keep the economy growing despite ...

China Property Crisis Will Stalk Its Economy Into 2026

It’s never a great day for Beijing policymakers when #ChinaEvergrande is trending. But here we are as giant developer China ...