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China To Offer Childcare Subsidies To Boost Birth Rate Amid Demographic Crisis
China's government will offer subsidies to parents to the tune of $500 per child under the age of three per year, Beijing's state media said Monday, as the world's second most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.
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China To Adopt Policies For Aging Population, Boost Birth Rates
China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, as marriages plummeted by one-fifth, the biggest drop on record.
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World's First Human-Robot Marathon Set To Take Place In Beijing
The initiative comes at a time when China is facing demographic challenges, including an ageing population and a shrinking workforce.
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China's Marriage Rate Lowest In 12 Years, Expected To Get Worse
The number of marriages in China is closely tied to the number of births, and the decline is likely to upset policymakers trying hard to boost the population which has been shrinking for two consecutive years.
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How China's Ageing Population Could Severely Challenge Its Economy
China's ageing population threatens key Beijing policy goals for the coming decade of boosting domestic consumption and reining in ballooning debt, posing a severe challenge to the economy's long-term growth prospects.
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How China's Ageing Population Could Severely Challenge Its Economy
China's ageing population threatens key Beijing policy goals for the coming decade of boosting domestic consumption and reining in ballooning debt, posing a severe challenge to the economy's long-term growth prospects.
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Beijing's Population Declines For First Time In 2 Decades. Here's Why
The death rate in China's capital Beijing surpassed its birth rate in 2022, official data showed on Tuesday, pushing its natural population growth into negative territory for the first time since 2003.
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China Says Covid Deaths Down By 80% In New Year
A wave of virus cases has washed over the world's most populous nation since Beijing abruptly ended its zero-Covid policy last month.
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China's Population Shrinks For 1st Time In Over 60 Years, Sparking Worry
China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world's most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.
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China’s e-CNY CBDC to Now be Tested in 4 Major, Densely Populated Provinces
The trial of China’s digital Yuan is expanding to the provinces of Jiangsu, Hebei, Guangdong, and Sichuan. Fan Yifei, the deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has revealed recently that the e-CNY trial is now being expanded to more populated areas of the country. China's central bank has been working on its CBDC for the last two...
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"Ferocious" Covid Outbreak Forces Beijing District To Go For Mass Testing
Beijing's most populous district Chaoyang announced three rounds of mass testing to quell a "ferocious" COVID-19 outbreak that emerged at a bar in a nightlife and shopping area last week.
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Elon Musk's China Ties Add Potential Risks to Twitter Purchase: Report
Elon Musk's ties to China through his role as electric car brand Tesla's biggest shareholder could add complexity to his bid to buy Twitter. Other companies that want access to China give in to pressure to follow Beijing's positions on Taiwan and other issues.
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The 71-Year-Old Woman Who Is Leading China's Covid Fight
Among the resources President Xi Jinping has deployed to arrest surging Covid deaths is the Communist Party's pandemic fighter: a 71-year-old woman whose career at the near-top illuminates the glass ceiling in the world's most populous c
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Beijing Ramps Up Testing Capacity, Reaching A Third Of City's Population So Far
Beijing has ramped up coronavirus testing efforts and has tested about a third of the Chinese capital's population so far, a city official said on Sunday, as authorities seek to control an outbreak stemming from a wholesale market in mid-June.
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Beijing Schools Trial Temperature-Tracking Bracelets That Send Fever Alert
Temperature-monitoring bracelets that alert an app if a student has a fever were being trialled at Beijing schools on Monday -- China's latest use of high-tech to track its population's possible exposure to the novel coronavirus.
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China To Offer Childcare Subsidies To Boost Birth Rate Amid Demographic Crisis
China's government will offer subsidies to parents to the tune of $500 per child under the age of three per year, Beijing's state media said Monday, as the world's second most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.
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China To Adopt Policies For Aging Population, Boost Birth Rates
China's population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, as marriages plummeted by one-fifth, the biggest drop on record.
-
World's First Human-Robot Marathon Set To Take Place In Beijing
The initiative comes at a time when China is facing demographic challenges, including an ageing population and a shrinking workforce.
-
China's Marriage Rate Lowest In 12 Years, Expected To Get Worse
The number of marriages in China is closely tied to the number of births, and the decline is likely to upset policymakers trying hard to boost the population which has been shrinking for two consecutive years.
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How China's Ageing Population Could Severely Challenge Its Economy
China's ageing population threatens key Beijing policy goals for the coming decade of boosting domestic consumption and reining in ballooning debt, posing a severe challenge to the economy's long-term growth prospects.
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How China's Ageing Population Could Severely Challenge Its Economy
China's ageing population threatens key Beijing policy goals for the coming decade of boosting domestic consumption and reining in ballooning debt, posing a severe challenge to the economy's long-term growth prospects.
-
Beijing's Population Declines For First Time In 2 Decades. Here's Why
The death rate in China's capital Beijing surpassed its birth rate in 2022, official data showed on Tuesday, pushing its natural population growth into negative territory for the first time since 2003.
-
China Says Covid Deaths Down By 80% In New Year
A wave of virus cases has washed over the world's most populous nation since Beijing abruptly ended its zero-Covid policy last month.
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China's Population Shrinks For 1st Time In Over 60 Years, Sparking Worry
China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world's most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis.
-
China’s e-CNY CBDC to Now be Tested in 4 Major, Densely Populated Provinces
The trial of China’s digital Yuan is expanding to the provinces of Jiangsu, Hebei, Guangdong, and Sichuan. Fan Yifei, the deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has revealed recently that the e-CNY trial is now being expanded to more populated areas of the country. China's central bank has been working on its CBDC for the last two...
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"Ferocious" Covid Outbreak Forces Beijing District To Go For Mass Testing
Beijing's most populous district Chaoyang announced three rounds of mass testing to quell a "ferocious" COVID-19 outbreak that emerged at a bar in a nightlife and shopping area last week.
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Elon Musk's China Ties Add Potential Risks to Twitter Purchase: Report
Elon Musk's ties to China through his role as electric car brand Tesla's biggest shareholder could add complexity to his bid to buy Twitter. Other companies that want access to China give in to pressure to follow Beijing's positions on Taiwan and other issues.
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The 71-Year-Old Woman Who Is Leading China's Covid Fight
Among the resources President Xi Jinping has deployed to arrest surging Covid deaths is the Communist Party's pandemic fighter: a 71-year-old woman whose career at the near-top illuminates the glass ceiling in the world's most populous c
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Beijing Ramps Up Testing Capacity, Reaching A Third Of City's Population So Far
Beijing has ramped up coronavirus testing efforts and has tested about a third of the Chinese capital's population so far, a city official said on Sunday, as authorities seek to control an outbreak stemming from a wholesale market in mid-June.
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Beijing Schools Trial Temperature-Tracking Bracelets That Send Fever Alert
Temperature-monitoring bracelets that alert an app if a student has a fever were being trialled at Beijing schools on Monday -- China's latest use of high-tech to track its population's possible exposure to the novel coronavirus.
