While the policy was officially scrapped in 2015 after years of looser enforcement, China now faces unprecedentedly low birth rates — and has announced it will begin offering childcare subsidies ...

Pessimistic about the future, young people in China don’t want to have children – a growing trend that worries the government ...

China's government will offer subsidies to parents to the tune of $500 per child under the age of three per year, Beijing's state media said Monday, as the world's second most populous nation ...

The United Nations has predicted that China’s population could fall drastically by 2100, going from 1.4 billion today to just ...

To encourage fertility, the Chinese economy needs to grow to generate more jobs – but faster economic growth requires ...

China hopes the payments will convince couples to have more children. Parents say that is highly unlikely to happen When Wang Yuyan first heard about China's new national child subsidy, she was happy ...

China's population is set to shrink by more than 150 million by 2050, while the proportion of seniors will keep on rising.

Regions in China had already been experimenting with policies to increase birth rates. By stepping in directly, Beijing has signaled that it sees the situation as urgent.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung have agreed to launch a joint task force to ...

Beijing has been urged to take a pragmatic approach towards South Korea's new government following a recent summit that signalled a thaw in relations with Japan. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung ...

China is striving to become a global leader in the robotics industry and the country has already made significant ...