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Why Is China Taxing Condoms, Birth Control Pills Now? Policy Shift Explained
China has begun imposing a 13 percentsales tax on contraceptives such as condoms, birth control pills, and devices from January 1, 2026, while exempting childcare services from value-added tax (VAT).
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Death Of China's 'One Child Policy' Ex-Chief Sees Less Tributes, More Criticism
The death of a former head of China's one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week.
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Chinese Billionaires Using US Surrogates To Expand Families: Report
Chinese billionaires are turning to US-based surrogates to father children, leading to questions about citizenship laws and the largely unregulated surrogacy industry in the United States.
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Why is China Making Condoms Expensive? 13% VAT Imposed On Contraceptives
These products had been exempt from VAT for the past three decades as China enforced its strict one-child policy and actively promoted birth control.
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From 1-Child Policy To Rs 44,000 Per Child: China's Big Shift On Population
China has announced a nationwide childcare subsidy in a renewed attempt to address declining birth rates, offering families 3,600 yuan (Rs 44,000) per child annually until the age of three.
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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 Stops Foreign Adoptions Of Its Children After 3 Decades
China will no longer send children overseas for adoption, the government said, overturning a more than three-decade rule that was rooted in its once strict one-child policy.
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Affordable Goods, Pricey Parenthood: China Tops List As Most Expensive Place To Raise Children
China ranks among priciest for child-rearing, impacting low fertility, driven by disproportionate effects on women.
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As China's Birth Rate Falls, College Students Given A Week Off To "Fall In Love": Report
In April, nine institutions in China claim to be offering students a week off to "fall in love."
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"This Hurts Forever": Woman Shares Her Mother's Heartbreaking Tale Under China's One-Child Policy
A woman took to Twitter to share a heartbreaking story of her mother when she was forced to send her two-month-old daughter to her relative because of the policy.
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China's Population Shrinking For The First Time In 60 Years. Here's Why
The last time China's population declined was in 1960, as the country battled the worst famine in its modern history, caused by the disastrous Mao Zedong agricultural policy known as the Great Leap Forward.
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Alarmed By Ageing Population, China Scrambles To Lift Birth Rate
China was for decades preoccupied with the prospect of runaway population growth and imposed a strict one-child policy from 1980 to 2015 to keep numbers in check. But now the UN expects China's population to shrink from next year.
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China Delays Retirement As 1-Child Policy Raises Pension Dues: Report
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is delaying the retirement age of its government employees as the draconian one-child policy bears its long-term effects in the form of an ageing population accompanied by increased state expenditure on pensions
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China Allows Couples To Have Three Children: Report
China has further relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have a maximum of three children after a recent census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media Xinhua reported Monday.
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China May Scrap Two-Child Policy, Amid Ageing Population: Report
China appears poised to scrap its two-child policy, with a state-run newspaper Monday citing a draft civil code that would overhaul decades of controversial family-planning rules.
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Why Is China Taxing Condoms, Birth Control Pills Now? Policy Shift Explained
China has begun imposing a 13 percentsales tax on contraceptives such as condoms, birth control pills, and devices from January 1, 2026, while exempting childcare services from value-added tax (VAT).
-
Death Of China's 'One Child Policy' Ex-Chief Sees Less Tributes, More Criticism
The death of a former head of China's one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week.
-
Chinese Billionaires Using US Surrogates To Expand Families: Report
Chinese billionaires are turning to US-based surrogates to father children, leading to questions about citizenship laws and the largely unregulated surrogacy industry in the United States.
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Why is China Making Condoms Expensive? 13% VAT Imposed On Contraceptives
These products had been exempt from VAT for the past three decades as China enforced its strict one-child policy and actively promoted birth control.
-
From 1-Child Policy To Rs 44,000 Per Child: China's Big Shift On Population
China has announced a nationwide childcare subsidy in a renewed attempt to address declining birth rates, offering families 3,600 yuan (Rs 44,000) per child annually until the age of three.
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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.
-
China Stops Foreign Adoptions Of Its Children After 3 Decades
China will no longer send children overseas for adoption, the government said, overturning a more than three-decade rule that was rooted in its once strict one-child policy.
-
Affordable Goods, Pricey Parenthood: China Tops List As Most Expensive Place To Raise Children
China ranks among priciest for child-rearing, impacting low fertility, driven by disproportionate effects on women.
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As China's Birth Rate Falls, College Students Given A Week Off To "Fall In Love": Report
In April, nine institutions in China claim to be offering students a week off to "fall in love."
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"This Hurts Forever": Woman Shares Her Mother's Heartbreaking Tale Under China's One-Child Policy
A woman took to Twitter to share a heartbreaking story of her mother when she was forced to send her two-month-old daughter to her relative because of the policy.
-
China's Population Shrinking For The First Time In 60 Years. Here's Why
The last time China's population declined was in 1960, as the country battled the worst famine in its modern history, caused by the disastrous Mao Zedong agricultural policy known as the Great Leap Forward.
-
Alarmed By Ageing Population, China Scrambles To Lift Birth Rate
China was for decades preoccupied with the prospect of runaway population growth and imposed a strict one-child policy from 1980 to 2015 to keep numbers in check. But now the UN expects China's population to shrink from next year.
-
China Delays Retirement As 1-Child Policy Raises Pension Dues: Report
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is delaying the retirement age of its government employees as the draconian one-child policy bears its long-term effects in the form of an ageing population accompanied by increased state expenditure on pensions
-
China Allows Couples To Have Three Children: Report
China has further relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have a maximum of three children after a recent census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media Xinhua reported Monday.
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China May Scrap Two-Child Policy, Amid Ageing Population: Report
China appears poised to scrap its two-child policy, with a state-run newspaper Monday citing a draft civil code that would overhaul decades of controversial family-planning rules.
