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opinion.SHOW FULL PROFILEChina's populationVideo | China’s birth rate falls to record low23 Nov 2022 - 5:00PM China's populationIn a China first, province subsidises maternity leave for

second, third child17 May 2022 - 4:11PMvideocam9 China society‘How bad is he?’: father gives desperate son almost 20 properties to lure wife10 May 2022 - 9:11AMvideocamChina's ageing

populationChina unveils private pension plan as ageing-population challenges mountFor the first time ever, tax deductions will be available on personal pension contributions, but can people

be convinced to carve out a piece of their savings to participate in the coming system?21 Apr 2022 - 4:16PMvideocam Coronavirus ChinaAs I see it | China’s child separation Covid-19 rules

damaging bid to boost birth rateHong Kong and Shanghai have both reversed policies where Covid-positive youngsters were kept apart from their parents, but there will still be a negative

impact on fertility, and human rights record.8 Apr 2022 - 8:30AMvideocam4 China's populationChina can boost births by improving living standards, demographer saysCai Fang, with the CASS,

also points to an ‘urgent need’ to make basic public services widely available.31 Mar 2022 - 12:00PMvideocam4AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWeddings‘To have more children, we are

asking Chinese women to get married early’In China, men can get married at 22 and women can wed at 20 – a policy in place since 1980, shortly after Beijing implemented its decades-long

one-child policy.30 Mar 2022 - 9:46PMvideocam21 China's populationSee ya, Shanghai? China’s top-tier cities lose out as others lure talentBeijing’s population of 21.89 million decreased by

about 4,000 last year, while places such as Chengdu added nearly a quarter-million residents – a trend some attribute to rising costs and job uncertainties.29 Mar 2022 - 3:24AMvideocam13

China's populationThe great population debate: China and India ponder if size really mattersChina’s overall population only increased by less than half a million last year to 1.4126 billion,

with a social media post earlier this month claiming India’s population had hit 1.415 billion to become the world’s most populous country.26 Mar 2022 - 2:51PMvideocam12 China society‘Baby

tailor-making’: hospital offering illegal gender selection to prospective parents ordered to stopA hospital in China ordered to stop offering gender selection services for would-be parents

as gender selection is illegal in China unless there is a medical reason.24 Mar 2022 - 12:00PMChina's population‘Entirely possible’ China’s population will peak in 2022 as declines

continueCai Fang, a member of the People’s Bank of China’s monetary policy committee, said it is ‘entirely possible’ that the world’s largest population will peak in 2022.21 Mar 2022 -

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ulationMarriage on the rocks in China, total hits record lowA range of factors at play, from coronavirus restrictions to the legacy of the one-child policy, observers say.20 Mar 2022 -

6:59PMvideocam Women and genderDespite China’s push to lift births, single mothers must fight for rightsBenefits such as several months of paid maternity leave and medical coverage are still

reserved only for married women.18 Mar 2022 - 2:20PMvideocam Two Sessions 2022‘Are women just machines?’ Chinese web users left cold by birth rate solutionsChina’s steep decline in birth

rates has sparked growing alarm among officials, but social media users have slammed some solutions offered.10 Mar 2022 - 7:03AMvideocam9China societyChina’s low birth rate: call to allow

single women to have one babyA delegate at the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference has called for Beijing to extend the support given to married couples having children to

single women for their first child.11 Mar 2022 - 12:18PMvideocam8 China's populationFrom AI to tax cuts, China grasps for solutions to population crisisDelegates at China’s ‘two sessions’

have raised pronatalist proposals to boost births such as encouraging postgraduate students to get married and greater use of artificial intelligence in education to reduce costs.7 Mar 2022

- 7:30PMvideocam5 Two Sessions 2022China must lift all birth restrictions amid demographic crisis, delegates urgeChina’s rapidly slowing population growth and dwindling fertility rate have

set off alarms for urgent measures to be laid out in Beijing’s annual ‘two-sessions’ parliamentary gatherings.4 Mar 2022 - 5:40AMvideocam10AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementChina's

populationChina vows to tackle ‘insufficient’ elderly care as ageing crisis worsensChina’s 14th five-year plan on elderly care has highlighted a dire need to improve services for people

above 65, while promising to build more facilities for people at the end of their lives and with chronic illness.2 Mar 2022 - 7:30PMvideocam Migrant workers in ChinaChina’s urbanisation

growth rate slows to quarter-century lowDownward trend could continue this year as the pandemic endures, experts say, while broader concerns stretch to the impact of urbanisation on China’s

birth rate.28 Feb 2022 - 6:30PMvideocam Two Sessions 2022Explainer | What can we expect from China’s 2022 ‘two sessions’ as Beijing plots course?China’s ‘two sessions’ meetings of top

leaders begins this year on March 4 in Beijing, and will lay out major policies involving the economy, trade, diplomacy, the environment and more.25 Feb 2022 - 12:43AM4 China's

populationHiring 3 million foreign nannies could boost China births by 200,000 a yearReport by YuWa Population Research encourages China to allow foreign nannies as they could reduce costs

for a family by 60 per cent, boosting an ailing population by 200,000 births a year.28 Feb 2022 - 5:07PM58China food securityAre farming subsidies the answer to China’s grain security

woes?With an

eye on increasing China’s self-sufficiency in grain production, its minister of agriculture and rural affairs has sounded the alarm on risks to its wheat output while calling for greater

soybean harvests.23 Feb 2022 - 9:30PMvideocam China's populationFacing economic decline, Chinese rust-belt province unveils population planHeilongjiang’s population has plummeted by 16 per

cent, or 6.46 million, from a decade ago, according to data from China’s 2020 census. Though severe, the decline is indicative of broader demographic challenges facing the nation.23 Feb 2022

- 7:12PMvideocam China's ageing populationAs population ages, China nears national pension with ‘balancing’ of main fundBalancing for China’s national pension system started on January 1

for the corporate employees pension fund to ‘allow shortfalls to be compensated by surpluses nationwide’, deputy finance minister Yu Weiping said.23 Feb 2022 - 6:09PM China's ageing

populationAfter seven decades, China will ‘gradually’ delay retirement ages by 2025The State Council’s decision is the latest move by Beijing to cope with a population crisis fuelled by the

nation’s falling birth rate, rapidly greying population and dwindling workforce.22 Feb 2022 - 8:30PMvideocam25China's populationBeijing adds fertility services to insurance to aid China’s

slowing birth rateA total of 16 medical services using assisted reproductive technologies will be covered by Beijing’s state insurance from next month after China’s birth rate dropped to a

record low in 2021.21 Feb 2022 - 3:31PM China's populationIt’s now more ‘I’ll wait’ rather than ‘I do’ in China as marriages dropFalling numbers of marriage registrations in several

provinces further complicate China’s plans to encourage more couples to have children amid its ongoing population crisis.17 Feb 2022 - 6:51PM China's populationChina’s population crisis

could give women greater reproductive rightsSome say institutional changes to controversial policies are long overdue, as China looks to adapt to the reproductive needs and rights of its

people, but ethical concerns remain.15 Feb 2022 - 12:48AMvideocam5AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHelp preserve 120 years of quality journalism.SUPPORT

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