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China announces 3-child policy amid declining birthrate, ageing population
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): In a major shift, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Monday announced that it will allow all couples to have three children, ending a two-child policy that has failed to boost the country's declining birthrate and ageing population.
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Chinese millennial couples reluctant to have children due to lack of affor
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): As the 2020 census shows a falling fertility rate in China, Chinese millennial couples are reluctant to have children as the lack of affordable public healthcare, rising living costs and grueling hours are worrying the world's most populous country.
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Seven people injured in 'personal revenge' attack in eastern China
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 31 (ANI): Seven people injured after a suspect drove a car over his ex-wife and stabbed others with a knife to take "personal revenge" in eastern China.
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Chinese military faces significant challenge as fertility rate falls in 20
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): After the new census showed a fall in the fertility rate of China, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is facing a significant challenge as it seeks to fill the need of hundreds of thousands of new recruits each year, being the world's largest military.
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China-backed projects in Africa face intense backlash over environmental t
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): Dozens of China-backed and funded projects in Africa, most of them developed as part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), continue to face intense backlash from communities and environmentalists who accuse the developers of destroying ecosystems in purs
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China's antigraft agency unveils corruption cases involving banking regula
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): China's top antigraft agency, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) on Tuesday disclosed details of corruption cases involving five former banking regulators in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
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Propaganda central to CCP for mass deception, COVID-19 outbreak accusation
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): Propaganda has been used widely by China as a weapon in terms of the COVID-19 outbreak and mass deception, as per reports.
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US lawmakers introduce 'Taiwan Diplomatic Review Act' to bolster ties amid
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Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): US lawmakers have introduced a 'Taiwan Diplomatic Review Act' to rename Taiwan's representative office in the United States and provide diplomatic visas to Taiwanese diplomats to bolster ties between Washington and Taipei, amid the latter's conflict with Beijin
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Elderly Uyghur woman detained in Xinjiang for 'religious extremism'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): Authorities in China's Xinjiang region confirmed the detainment of an elderly Uyghur woman in an internment camp earlier this year on suspicions of 'religious extremism' after she intervened in a domestic dispute between her neighbours, informed authorities.
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Competitive jobs market in China forces graduate from top university to se
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Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): New graduates in China are facing difficulties in the increasingly competitive jobs market, which came to the fore after the resume of a graduate from a top Chinese university seeking work as a domestic help stunned internet users.
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Philippines lodges protest against 'incessant deployment' of Chinese vesse
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 30 (ANI): The Philippines has lodged protest against China's continuing "illegal presence and activities" near Pag-asa Islands on Saturday.
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Taiwanese skeptical over China's offer to provide COVID vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], May 29 (ANI): As China offered to provide Taiwan with Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, the majority of Taiwanese are skeptical of Beijing's motives and of the vaccines which have lower levels of efficacy than many competitors.
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