Policymakers hope the move will help ease the pressure on pension systems as more people enter retirement than ever before.

China grandstands about Gaza while repressing a Muslim community within its own borders. Hardly anyone seems to notice.

This photo taken on Jan 5, 2025 shows a Yangtze finless porpoise swimming near the lower reaches of the Gezhouba Dam in ...

Sridhar Vembu's remarks come amid growing discussions on the country's population dynamics, particularly in southern states.

A two-tier system that has long made workers leave children behind in villages is cutting into birthrates.

China aims to establish a comprehensive system to significantly curb the overall growth in the incidence rate of ...

Analysts are pessimistic that any new measures can reverse China's plunging fertility rate, which is driven by changing social norms.

Secularism and atheism are on the rise globally, influenced by factors like higher education levels, access to information, ...

China will extend licence age limits for drivers of medium-sized and large buses as well as trucks, as part of broader ...

China today is 4 times more populous than the United States. At the turn of the century, it could conceivably have roughly the same number of people as America.

China's property crash is bad news for Australia's economy, and there's even a risk it could precipitate our own housing ...