Is China facing a population crisis? Explore the impacts of the one-child policy, aging population, and demographic shifts on China's economy and future.

(Refiles story from March 12 to fix typo in headline) BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) - China passed a law on a "shared" national ...

“In history,” the late historian Paul Johnson memorably observed, “there are no inevitabilities.” Johnson’s adage holds true with the Chinese Civil War. In 1949, communism emerged triumphant, securing ...

In a February 2025 report, the Bank of Korea warned that a shrinking workforce driven by low birth rates and rapid ageing ...

Productivity is another essential part of the reform effort. And here, deeper market-oriented structural reforms are critical. Enabling a greater role for markets to direct resources to areas of ...

A Carter Centre survey of 6,500 Chinese people reveals increasingly hawkish views on Taiwan unification and America, with support for military force rising significantly.

According to the draft outline of China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30), the country aims to lay a solid foundation for achieving its 2035 goal of doubling its 2020 per capita gross domestic product ...

Paul Ehrlich, the leading false prophet of inevitable environmental doom and author of the infamous 'The Population Bomb,' has died at age 93.

Xi Jinping backs effort to assimilate minority ethnic groups ...

China’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) focuses on high-quality development, technological self-reliance, green transition, and national security, with goals for modernization and global engagement by ...

By Liangping Gao, Yukun Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING, March 16 (Reuters) - Prices of China's new homes remained in contraction ...

The policy blueprint — which sets out China’s economic strategy for the years ahead — was approved on Thursday by the National People’s Congress in Beijing. Chapter 15, titled “Vigorously Boosting ...