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Why China is betting on birth subsidies to solve its population crisis

When Tang Tang, a mother from Tianmen in central China, gave birth to her second child in December, it brought…

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The bold new proposal for solving China’s birth crisis: free kindergarten

Proposals to provide families with access to free preschool education appear to be gaining political momentum in China, as the…

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China’s population woes deepen as marriage registrations plummet to lowest level since 1980

China recorded its lowest number of new marriages for four decades in 2024, in a sign that the country’s challenges…

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Pet healthcare booms in China as furry friends outnumber infants and toddlers

Just a few months after opening his first pet clinic in Hangzhou in early 2019, Yang Zhong, the founder of…

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Too busy for love in time of baby bust: Chinese university students embrace being single

Buried under a mountain of responsibilities, Owen Cao, a first-year graduate student at a university in northern China, finds himself…

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China’s birth rate unlikely to benefit from influx of Filipino helpers, analysts say

The minimum wage is 2,690 yuan a month in Shanghai, the highest in the country. “I’m also concerned about the…

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