China last year saw a one-fifth decline in marriages, the latest sign of persistent demographic challenges as Beijing works ...

Last year saw a slight rise in births after a lull due to the pandemic and because 2024 was the Chinese zodiac year of the ...

The 20.5 percent drop coincided with the third consecutive year of overall population decline in China, which in 2023 was ...

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

Marriages in China dropped by a fifth last year despite manifold efforts by authorities to encourage young couples to wed and have children to boost the country's declining population.

China has the second-biggest population in the world at 1.4 billion but it is aging quickly. The birth rate fell for decades due to China's 1980-2015 one-child policy and rapid urbanisation.

The country last year saw a one-fifth decline in marriages, the latest sign of persistent demographic challenges as Beijing works to encourage births despite an uncertain economic outlook for young ...

Last year saw a slight rise in births after a lull due to the pandemic and because 2024 was the Chinese zodiac year of the ...

Nearly 22 months after war erupted from a power struggle between the two factions, the RSF controls almost all of Darfur in ...

The very long row of battle dress-clad Hamas’ Qassam Brigades troopers gathered in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza,in a drill preparing for ...