An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are ...

Japan is decades ahead of the rest of the world with an aging and shrinking population. There are some who claim we don't ...

Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, the world’s second-largest economy is now grappling with one of the lowest ...

China is experiencing unprecedented, and probably irreversible, population decline that will hamper its economic growth and its ambitions to rival the United States.

Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves ...

China’s extreme automation is a strength, but it’s also a response to the country’s most fundamental weakness: the impending ...

Chinas economy is grappling with intensifying challenges as mounting debt, persistent deflation, and an aging population ...

The decline in China's population last year is likely to have exceeded the historic fall recorded in 2022, but the overall downward trend in the next three decades will be mild, a senior demographer ...

After zealously enforcing the one-child policy, the city of Tianmen has made boosting the birth rate a top priority, as fertility continues to decline across China.

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 faces a ...

Mainland China and Hong Kong have gained more billionaires, reversing a decline three years ago, after the world's ...