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9 September, 2024
China's population
My Take
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China’s bleak demographic condition offers harsh lessons for policymakers
Beijing’s efforts to cultivate a ‘birth-friendly society’ marks an about-turn from its rigid, decades-long enforcement of a one-child policy.
5 Nov 2024 - 7:00AM
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China's population
How China’s ‘little emperors’ went from monarchs to overwhelmed caregivers
2 Oct 2024 - 9:52AM
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Adoption
China ends adoption scheme for foreign families
10 Sep 2024 - 3:37PM
Foreigners in China
China officially ends adoption scheme for foreign families
Only relatives will now be allowed to adopt and US diplomats have reportedly been told that Beijing will not process cases that are already under way.
10 Sep 2024 - 3:49PM
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China society
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Solutions to China’s birth rate problem don’t lie in Japan’s playbook
Japan’s expensive, inefficient approach will not get China back on the right track, and neither will the coercion of the one-child policy.
26 Jul 2024 - 5:50AM
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Women and gender
Chinese firms caught ordering illegal pregnancy tests for female jobseekers
Prosecutors in the eastern city of Nantong took action against 16 local companies for sex discrimination.
16 Jul 2024 - 4:21PM
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Adoption
Chinese adoptees return from US to seek roots
5 Jul 2024 - 5:00PM
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Women and gender
Running from China: the ‘older’ single women escaping to study in the West
It’s tagged the ‘run philosophy’ on social media – single women in their thirties with nothing to hope for in China leaving to study in the West, with no intention of returning. Post Magazine talks to some.
24 Jun 2024 - 9:49AM
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China ends 9-year decline in new marriages in 2023, but divorces also climb
China registers 7.68 million newlywed couples, up 845,000 from the previous year in what analysts say is sign of post-pandemic wedding rebound.
18 Mar 2024 - 9:17AM
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Asian cinema: Chinese films
Like a Chinese Michael Crichton, Lin Jianjie went from science to filmmaking
Brief History of a Family made a splash at Sundance and is about to screen at the Berlin film festival. Its Chinese director, Lin Jianjie, reflects on its subject – China’s middle class – and dreamlike ending.
31 Jan 2024 - 4:15PM
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China’s Communist Party
China’s top women’s affairs official vows to promote marriage and family
Shen Yiqin, state councillor and president of the All-China Women’s Federation, says women must contribute to the ‘great cause of national rejuvenation’.
16 Nov 2023 - 3:20PM
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China society
Opinion
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On marriage and babies, China should try listening, not arm-twisting
In a national push, local governments in China have been roped in to promote marriage and childbirth as a social and economic duty. Beijing should tread gently though, as public attitudes towards where the state may apply its coercive powers have changed.
31 Oct 2023 - 8:30PM
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Women and gender
Opinion
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Give China’s single mothers equal rights to fix flagging birth rate
Growing numbers of independent-minded Chinese women no longer see marriage as a necessary passage in life, but they might still embrace motherhood. Passing a nationwide law ensuring equal rights for single mothers would remove significant barriers to having children and be good for the country as a whole.
17 Oct 2023 - 1:57PM
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China's population
Will China’s 2023 births plummet to 7 million? Academic warns it’s possible
After demographic alarms went off when Chinese mothers had fewer than 10 million children, how critical will the situation become if only 7 million are born this year?
11 Aug 2023 - 11:41AM
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China's ageing population
China’s elderly are heading to retirement, here’s why that’s a problem
23 Jul 2023 - 3:00PM
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China's population
No longer ‘leftover’: China’s women take charge
20 Jul 2023 - 3:00PM
China's population
Why China’s population crisis has already begun
19 Jul 2023 - 3:07PM
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Are skewed incentives to blame for China’s deepening demographic crisis?
Government adviser criticises local-level authorities across China for rewarding couples that have multiple kids while withholding such benefits for those who have just one, amid growing fears over the shrinking population.
1 Jun 2023 - 2:16PM
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China economy
Opinion
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Without a thriving private economy, China’s young workers have no jobs
While China’s latest youth unemployment rate is comparable to global figures, it is particularly concerning given the country’s unique demographic structure.
23 May 2023 - 7:00AM
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China's population
Chinese demographers, state organs call for drastic changes to boost births
With China’s population shrinking for the first time in decades, all manner of suggestions are on the table to get people to procreate, including much more substantial financial support for parents.
16 May 2023 - 10:00AM
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China's population
Opinion
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China’s deepening demographic crisis calls for more action from Beijing
Current measures like the three-child policy per couple are not enough to increase the country’s flagging fertility rate.
28 Feb 2023 - 12:15AM
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Children in China
China’s population falls for first time in 61 years
18 Jan 2023 - 8:10PM
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China's population
‘Unquestionable’: China won’t see population grow from now on, demographer says
Desperate times could force China to adopt a ‘tone-setting’ shift by completely scrapping its family-planning policies, which experts say would help mitigate the shrinkage of the world’s most populous country.
20 Jan 2023 - 9:44AM
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China economy
My Take
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2022 to be remembered as the beginning of China’s demographic crisis
The pandemic is a reminder that a society where pensioners make up a large part of the population will always be vulnerable to public health challenges.
27 Dec 2022 - 11:06AM
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China's population
Chinese newlyweds say authorities are calling about baby plans
In now-deleted Weibo post, social media users say local officials have asked about pregnancy status, conception plans and prenatal vitamins as China faces population crisis.
27 Oct 2022 - 9:32PM
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China's population
Editorial
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Population push by Beijing calls for shift in attitudes of society
State Council proposals to reverse a declining population through a series of incentives are only the beginning and require the support of all.
23 Aug 2022 - 2:24AM
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Cambodia
‘I was screaming for help’: the Cambodian brides trafficked into China
Duped by traffickers offering lucrative jobs, dozens of Cambodian women and girls are taken to China each year, where they are forced to marry local men. Only the lucky ones manage to escape.
21 Aug 2022 - 9:00AM
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China plans to roll out new incentives to boost birth rate
17 Aug 2022 - 2:11PM
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