The Asian giant is grappling with a dramatic population decline, with a fertility rate of 1.0, well below the 2.1 replacement ...

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Once the world's most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In ...

In 2015, the Chinese government abandoned the one-child policy, permitting couples to have two children. In May 2021, the two ...

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Condom packages (top) are seen among other products at a supermarket in Beijing on January 4, 2026. China has made condoms ...

CHINA has hiked up the prices of condoms and other contraceptives amid plummeting birth rates in the world’s second most populated country. An extra 13 per cent value-added tax has been ...

Measured another way, the birth rate in 2025 — 5.63 per 1,000 people — is the lowest on record since 1949, the year that Mao ...

China has made condoms and other contraceptives more expensive as it tries to boost birth rates, but residents in Beijing and analysts say the measure will ...

A DIY TV celebrity has urged people to take caution or risk having water all over their home. Appearing on BBC Morning Live, ...