Policymakers should focus on increasing support for those who already want children, the researchers say.

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

China’s rapidly aging population – now over 310 million people aged 60 and older – is transforming the country’s economic ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to ...

Beijing — China has announced its first population decline in decades as what has been the world's most populous nation ages and its birthrate plunges, posing new challenges for the slowing economy.

(Bloomberg) -- China’s population shrank for the third straight year in 2024, even though births rose slightly, underscoring a persistent long-term risk for the economy. The total number of people in ...

BEIJING — China’s population dropped in 2023 by 2 million people — the second consecutive annual drop as births fell and deaths increased after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the government ...

China’s decision to reintroduce a 13 per cent VAT on condoms and other contraceptives comes as the country battles a steep ...

China will impose a 13% tax on condoms and other contraceptives starting next year, ending a three-decade tax-exemption policy as the country struggles with a severe population decline.

Chinese authorities are using artificial intelligence to turbocharge surveillance and censorship, with the technology predicting public demonstrations and monitoring prison inmates, according to a new ...