The number of new marriages recorded in China fell to a record low last year, despite sweeping government efforts to ...

The 2024 decline represents a 0.09 percent drop compared to the previous year, and although it confirms the negative demographic trend that began in 2022 and about which the Chinese authorities ...

Rapid urbanization, rising living costs, and gender inequalities are deepening the demographic crisis, and Chinese authorities are implementing programs to increase birth rates. According to data ...

For Chinese authorities, boosting interest in marriage and baby-making is a pressing concern. China has the second-biggest ...

It's been a rocky year for the Chinese economy, what with the Evergrande crisis and COVID cases shutting down ports. Yet any short-term issues pale in comparison to the demographic crisis ...

Despite the steady modernization of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the international community is skeptical of its warfare capabilities. Late last month, US think tank RAND Corp published ...

The findings coincide with anticipations that marriages in the country could plunge to a nearly 45-year low in 2024, underscoring a raft of demographic challenges facing the world’s second ...

Chinese officials see a direct link between fewer marriages and falling births in the country, where social norms and government regulations make it challenging for unmarried couples to have children.