China's population is set to shrink by more than 150 million by 2050, while the proportion of seniors will keep on rising.

Pessimistic about the future, young people in China don’t want to have children – a growing trend that worries the government ...

Policymakers hope to ease the load on young families, close early education gaps and nudge birth rates up. But deeper structural pressures and societal expectations may prove harder to shift.

China hopes the payments will convince couples to have more children. Parents say that is highly unlikely to happen When Wang Yuyan first heard about China's new national child subsidy, she was happy ...

The United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France and China all scrambled to develop ever more powerful nuclear weapons ...

China’s population fell for the third consecutive year in 2024 as the older generation passes away and fewer babies are being born, despite China having ended its one-child policy in 2016.

Dan Wang argues that the battle between China and the United States is simply a conflict between engineers and lawyers. The situation is much more complicated than that.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, will face a challenge in making his proposal of universal free child care a ...

Stricter green card rules may split families because children of visa holders lose protections once they turn 21.

China’s population dropped for the third consecutive year in 2024, with just 9.54 million births, about half of the figure in 2016, when the one‑child policy ended.

More than 800 new laws will take effect in Texas on September 1, reshaping key areas of daily life from schools and health ...