China’s urban population surpassed 943m in 2024, say official statistics, an increase of 100m in just seven years. The ...

China introduces 13% tax on contraceptives while exempting childcare services as global superpower battles sustained ...

For one thing, demographic decline will put increasing pressure on the country’s military. Today, with more than 2 million ...

China has imposed a 13 per cent tax on contraceptives as birth rates continue to fall, highlighting Beijing's struggle to ...

Archive footage shows birth control education during the one-child policy era, as Beijing now rolls out tax changes aimed at ...

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 ...

China has begun taxing condoms and other contraceptives, ending a three-decade exemption as the government intensifies ...

The world faces an unprecedented demographic shift that has governments and experts scrambling for solutions. While global population reached 8 billion people in November 2022, the UN's 2024 ...

Japan is decades ahead of the rest of the world with an aging and shrinking population. There are some who claim we don’t know what will happen with future populations. However, the next 20 years are ...

China has begun charging value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and devices, ending a three-decade-old exemption as authorities intensify efforts to reverse a sustained decline in births. From January ...

China’s central government introduced a childcare subsidy on July 28 that will provide families with 3,000 yuan (around $418) a year for each child under the age of three. The announcement came days ...