China demographics

China's government is aware of the looming demographic crisis. So why is it so reluctant to adopt family-friendly policies?

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.

The once-a-decade census is now underway, and the results will have important data on China’s aging population and rural-urban divide.

The demographic situation in the Asia-Pacific is quite unlike that of any other epoch of geostrategic competition.

From promoting gender equality to advocating for “family values,” the CCP has drastically changed its tone after 70 years in power.

The two-child policy is helping, but not enough to turn the tide of a looming demographic crisis.

Will developing Asia get old before it gets rich?

Thanks to the one child policy, Chinese men are turning to Ukrainian brides and sex trafficking to find wives.

Will China's aging population bring down the economy?

Japan and China both need women in the workforce to boost their economies, but they are moving in opposite directions.

The loosening of the "one-child policy" isn't quite the landmark step observers had hoped for.