OP-ED. A drop in the number of births can help reduce unemployment, ease housing pressure and improve the education system, argues Guillaume Duval, the former editor-in-chief of 'Alternatives ...

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A woman lifts up a child in Beijing, China, on Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) A woman lifts up a child in Beijing, China, on Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) People catch a sight of the ...

A book offers explanations at a time when American hegemony seems to be in terminal decline and China might overtake the US economically.

Despite Beijing’s campaign to encourage couples to have more children, new data shows China’s population decline is ...

Furthermore, the existing governance mechanisms are increasingly disconnected from real-world challenges. While urgent issues ...

Births plummeted by 17% last year — and regime leaders don’t yet seem to understand it’s much easier for a police state to ...

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From ancient times until today, an ­enormous population has been a foundational way for China to project its strength.

China has released its 2025 population statistics, showing that 7.92 million babies were born last year, down 17% from 9.54 ...

China's birth rates dropped 17 percent between 2024 and 2025 to the lowest level since 1949, a population crisis of its own ...

China’s population has shrunk for the fourth straight year as birthrates hit a record low, national data shows. ..