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China announces 5% GDP growth, population drop at press conference

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China’s chief governmental data compiler, is holding a press conference on Friday morning. At…

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Chinese city bucks birth rate decline as cash incentives bear fruit

Generous cash incentives to encourage births are paying off in one Chinese city, where the number of newborns saw a…

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Opinion | China’s work culture must change to give young people hope again

As the new year unfolds and people return to thoughts of work, it is an opportune time to look at…

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China’s border with Central Asia deemed concern amid demographic decline

To bolster national security amid a countrywide demographic slide, China should turn its eyes to the declining populations of its…

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Chinese province makes labour pain relief pledge to ease childbirth jitters

Localities in China are subsidising the use of pain relief treatments during childbirth – a practice patients often shy away…

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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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Deaths in China to reach ‘an unprecedented scale’, peak at 19 million in 2061

China is poised to face mortality on an “an unprecedented scale” in the coming decades, adding woes to its demographic…

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Exclusive | Stephen Roach on how Beijing can right its economic course and the US’ big China ‘blunder’

Now, nearly 11 years later, I would have to say that while the Chinese economy has progressed on many fronts,…

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