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China’s Population Crisis Deepens as 24 Provinces Shrink and Kindergartens Close

New data show China’s population decline is no longer isolated, as falling birth rates and an aging population begin to reshape education systems and labor markets across the count...

China's demographic decline is not the disaster many fear

Demografie: Mehr Menschen Ü60 als Einwohner in den USA – So sieht die demografische Zukunft Chinas aus

Durchschnittlich bekommt jede Chinesin weniger als ein Kind. Damit ist ein Rekordtief erreicht. Nun versucht die Politik gegenzusteuern – mit ungewissem Ausgang.

Ten Years after the End of the One-Child Policy: A Visit to Ground Zero of China's Aging Population

Ten years ago, China brought the one-child policy to an end. In Rudong, the city where the policy was originally tested, 40 percent of residents are over the age of 60 - a preview...

Hong Kong’s population policy is still trapped in a city state mindset

Hong Kong is increasingly being urged to develop a comprehensive population policy. Academics, policymakers and business leaders warn that rapid ageing, low fertility and a shrinki...

China records steepest population decline amid falling births, marriages

New Delhi, May 13: China continues to witness a sharp decline in population growth, with the country’s population shrinking for the fourth consecutive year amid falling birth and m...

China's marriages drop to decade low, deepening demographic concerns

Marriage registrations in China have seen a significant drop. Official data reveals a 6.2% decrease in the first quarter compared to last year. This figure is now approximately hal...

More jobs for the elderly: Shanghai eyes senior labour force amid China demographic crisis

Qiu has been scouring Shanghai’s labour agencies for a job for her 58-year-old father – a former mechanic from neighbouring Jiangsu province caught in a frustrating limbo. While he...

Falling fertility, debt and AI: is the US headed toward a population crisis?

Americans having fewer kids plus an ageing population could be a recipe for disaster that further erodes social stabilityRemember environmentalist Paul Ehrlich’s 1960s-vintage pred...

Asia’s silver dividend can offset ageing’s economic toll

Population ageing is fast becoming a global phenomenon. Even regions currently enjoying youthful demographics will eventually undergo demographic transition – and this is increasin...

Care shortage expected as population grows older

Ongoing policy drive to combat falling birthrate

For first time in recorded history, China has more people over 65 than children

China is home to more people aged 65 and above than children for the first time in records dating back to 1949, according to a nationwide sample survey released by the National Bur...

Marriages in China halve over decade as birth rate hits record low

Marriage registrations in China fell 6.2% year on year ​in the first quarter and are ‌about half 2017 levels, official data show, underscoring the demographic strain in a ​country...

Tackling the declining birthrate

Why lower fertility does not have to mean economic decline

Globally, most people say they want two or more children, but many are having only one, or none at all. According to a senior UN economist, fears of a demographic timebomb are unwa...

The ageing dilemma: why robots can’t save us but China-US cooperation might

A top US medical anthropologist believes the United States and China must transcend geopolitical tensions and spur a global revolution in “social technology” to survive the looming...

S Korea sees rare baby bump amid birthrate crisis

Addressing Taiwan’s population pain point predicament

Binyamin Jayson: The demographic crisis facing Britain means making hard choices now

Countries such as Japan, Italy and South Korea have discovered the hard way what happens when action is delayed. Britain has so far preferred to look the other way. We cannot affor...

Asia's next economic crisis may come from youth unemployment

How Japan Lost 3 Million People in Five Years

Japan’s population fell by more than 3 million over the past five years, a record drop that underscores the depths of the country’s accelerating demographic crisis.

Why lower fertility does not have to mean economic decline

Globally, most people say they want two or more children, but many are having only one, or none at all. According to a senior UN economist, fears of a demographic timebomb are unwa...

Falling birth rates are the greatest crisis facing humanity – bar none

from spiked Stephen J Shaw on the personal and social tragedy of ‘unplanned childlessness’. Environmentalists used to warn that there are ‘too many people on the planet’. In The Po...