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The country plans to lower the cost of birth and education and scrap birthing-related fines to suppo......

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The move comes amid a flurry of proposals to make having children easier on Chinese couples.

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Surveys suggested the country’s migration trends were beginning to reverse themselves. Then came the......

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China Introduces Three-Child Policy to Ease Aging Crisis

The new policy comes five years after China scrapped its one-child policy, which had allowed every f......

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China’s Newly Released Census Data in Four Charts

Last year China recorded more people, a higher proportion of very young and very old, a lower sex ra......

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What if China’s Birth Rate Keeps Falling?

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Chinese Authorities Support Scrapping Birth Limits in Depopulated Region

To counteract some of the lowest birth rates in the country, three northeastern provinces have recei......

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Last year the country saw 15% fewer registered births than in 2019, according to the Ministry of Pub......

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