These offices are repurposed from former family planning offices and now pressure citizens to have more children. China's policy has shifted from strict family planning to birth encouragement.

The Hague Convention, which governs international adoption, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ...

China's low birth rate and aging population are ending any hopes Beijing had of overtaking the U.S. as an economic giant.

As per data released by Ministry of Civil Affairs, only 6.1 million couples registered their marriages last year, a ...

The Chinese government has rebuffed bold consumption stimulus policy. But boosting domestic household spending is precisely ...

Officials believe the decline in marriages directly impacts the country’s falling birth rate. In China, social norms and ...

Indian security forces gunned down 31 Maoist rebels in the forests of country's central state of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, police said, in its biggest encounter this year.

The country last year saw a one-fifth decline in marriages, the latest sign of persistent demographic challenges as Beijing works to encourage births despite an uncertain economic outlook for young ...

In line with this move, China-based gaming companies Tencent and NetEase have started enforcing a restriction for those under the age of 18, with Tencent only allowing children to play for a ...

The world's second largest economy faces demographic headwinds, as its dwindling population continues to age, leaving a declining workforce.