China has had population control policies, which are now resulting in a declining population rate. To tackle that, it has now come up with some out-of-the-box ideas. From taxing condoms to proposing a ...

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China’s birth rate hit rock bottom, one decade after it announced the end of its one-child policy, multiple outlets reported Monday. Meanwhile, the country’s population fell for the fourth straight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BANGKOK — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ...

China’s birth rate has hit a historic low – deepening fears of a major economic shock in the decades to come as the country’s massive labor force dwindles and its population of pension-drawing ...

The death of a former head of China's one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week. State media praised Peng Peiyun, head of China ...

BEIJING — China’s population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025, dropping by 3.39 million to 1.405 billion, a faster decline than 2024, official data showed Monday. Subscribe to read this ...