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China demographics
July 07, 2022
How to Fix China’s Population Crisis: Say Sorry to Women
By Mei Fong and Yaqiu Wang
Chinese women are owed profound apologies for the extensive and inhumane acts committed against them during the one-child policy years. But genuine contrition doesn’t stop at words.
April 23, 2022
Amid Low Birth Rate Worries, China Increases Pressure on Women
By Chauncey Jung
As Beijing grapples with a coming demographic crisis, China’s state media are taking aim at feminism and abortion services.
March 18, 2022
China Continues to Underdeliver in Its Plans to Combat the Low Birth Rate
By Chauncey Jung
China's government is aware of the looming demographic crisis. So why is it so reluctant to adopt family-friendly policies?
January 17, 2022
In Numbers: The Changing Composition of Populations in China, India, and Japan
By Diplomat Risk Intelligence
A new DRI Trendlines looks at demographics of three leading Asian powers, and how key variables paint a complicated and, in large parts, pessimistic picture.
November 03, 2020
How Many People Are in China? The Government Just Started Counting.
By Shannon Tiezzi
The once-a-decade census is now underway, and the results will have important data on China’s aging population and rural-urban divide.
September 14, 2020
Too Old to Fight? Will Demographic Shifts Alter Asia’s Geostrategic Landscape?
By Robert Farley
The demographic situation in the Asia-Pacific is quite unlike that of any other epoch of geostrategic competition.
June 03, 2020
With New Divorce Rule, China Further Pushes ‘Family Values’
By Chauncey Jung
From promoting gender equality to advocating for “family values,” the CCP has drastically changed its tone after 70 years in power.
November 01, 2018
China's Number of Births Just Keeps Dropping
By Shannon Tiezzi
The two-child policy is helping, but not enough to turn the tide of a looming demographic crisis.
August 07, 2017
Aging Asia: Turning Demographic Weakness to Strength
By Anthony Fensom
Will developing Asia get old before it gets rich?
July 19, 2017
China's Trafficked Brides
By Eugene K. Chow
Thanks to the one child policy, Chinese men are turning to Ukrainian brides and sex trafficking to find wives.
June 20, 2017
China’s Struggle With Demographic Change
By Spencer Sheehan
Will China's aging population bring down the economy?
December 09, 2015
Does China Need Its Own 'Womenomics'?
By Harry Krejsa and Maryam Janani
Japan and China both need women in the workforce to boost their economies, but they are moving in opposite directions.
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