China's population grew at its slowest rate in decades in the 10 years prior to 2020, according to census data released on Tuesday — a trend that could pose serious issues for the world's ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's once-a-decade census is expected to show a further fall in the percentage of young people in its fast-aging population as high living costs and an aversion to having ...

An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are ...

The 80-year-old and over age group accounted for 13.5% of the elderly population in 2020. The over 80 was about 32 million. 10.4 million people died in 2022 in China. The number of babies continues to ...

China’s population of 1.4 billion people is the largest in the world, right? Not anymore. In 2023 India surpassed China as the most populous country. China’s population began shrinking in 2022, and ...

Nov 9 (Reuters) - A month after Lauren mustered the courage to tell her mother she is lesbian, the 26-year-old Shanghai resident came out to a stranger who knocked on her door. She told the young man, ...

China reported remarkable economic growth of 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2025. Its growth is fascinating, since it far outstripped all large economies. It is also noteworthy because it comes ...