“HOW SHOULD one look at the Chinese economy?”, asked Li Qiang, the country’s prime minister, at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 16th. “It is similar to looking at the Alps,” he suggested, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asia's economic, trade and policy matters. JINGXIAN, CHINA - An empty classroom in a junior high school. China has ...

HONG KONG, May 11 (Reuters) - Marriage registrations in China fell 6.2% year on year in the first quarter and are about half ...

China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped following the end of COVID-19 restrictions ...

Fewer than 1.7 million couples tied the knot in the first quarter, the lowest total for the same period since ...

BEIJING--China’s population fell for a fourth consecutive year in 2025 as the birthrate plunged to a record low, official ...

(Bloomberg) -- China’s population shrank for the third straight year in 2024, even though births rose slightly, underscoring a persistent long-term risk for the economy. The total number of people in ...

Rising pension burdens and social security subsidies are also straining public finances - though trends remain uneven, analysts say China's population is projected to fall by about 60 million over the ...

The structural conditions underpinning the market have also changed. China's demographic profile is shifting, urbanization is ...

A nurse helps a newborn bathe in Huaian Maternal and Child Health Hospital, East China's Jiangsu province, Jan. 13, 2023. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Jan. 17, ...