As the elderly population increases in size and proportion, China will face rising healthcare expenditures to treat ...

China is officially known as the “People’s Republic of China” and is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Chinese history goes back more than 8,000 years. Today, it has an extremely large ...

China is rapidly getting older. Three decades ago, only 5 percent of the population was over 65; today, 123 million people, or 9 percent of the population, are over this age. A report released by a ...

China’s birth rate has hit a historic low – deepening fears of a major economic shock in the decades to come as the country’s massive labor force dwindles and its population of pension-drawing ...

China's population declined for the fourth year in a row, reaching 1.405 billion. Falling birth rates and an aging population threaten China's economy and the global economy. Government incentives ...

China’s population fell for a fourth straight year and its birthrate tumbled as policymakers failed to slow a demographic crisis. By Alexandra Stevenson Declaring childbirth a patriotic act. Nagging ...

Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society to produce offspring, even as China strives to boost its flagging birth rate ...

Demography may not be destiny, but gradually—and unforgivingly—it does alter the realm of the possible in the world arena. One of the most important geostrategic consequences of current global ...