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China announces 3-child policy amid declining birthrate, ageing population
Updated : 4 years, 9 months 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 : 4 years, 9 months 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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Chinese military faces significant challenge as fertility rate falls in 20
Updated : 4 years, 9 months 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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Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah seeks parliament debate on census results, says po
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Saturday sought parliament debate on census results as population was undercounted in his province.
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As China grows old, elder care costs loom large
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 24 (ANI): The seventh national census of China shows the aging population in the country is creating a policy challenge that requires covering the cost of elder care while ensuring continued prosperity for everyone else, according to a report in Voice of America (VOA).
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China's metropolises facing problem of aging population: Report
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 21 (ANI): Chinese metropolises are releasing their population data after the seventh national census, and the figures show considerable variation in the age composition in major cities like Beijing and Shanghai, the Global Times reports.
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China revises birth data for 2011-19 after 2020 census in wake of looming
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 20 (ANI): After releasing its 2020 census, China is adjusting the birth data for 2011 to 2019, saying that it was based on a small sample of the total population.
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China approaching demographic crisis: report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 17 (ANI): Even after postponing the results of the once-in-a-decade census for a month, the Chinese government was unable to fully cover up the alarming demographic situation that the country is facing.
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Census shows China has 30 million unmarried men, sparks concern over short
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 17 (ANI): A once-in-a-decade census in China shows that the country has about 30 million unmarried men, which is more than the entire population of some countries.
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China's north west, central regions population decreases leading to region
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 14 (ANI): The exodus of people from China's central and the north-eastern region has increased over the past decade which has created a greater challenge for the government to boost the economies of the two areas, according to the 2020 Chinese population census.
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China's population reaches 1.41 billion, grows by 5.38 pc in 10 years
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 11 (ANI): China's population has grown by 5.38 percent over the last 10 years to reach the 1.41 billion mark, the National Bureau of Statistics of China said in a statement.
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Pak SC slams Imran Khan govt for failure to conduct CCI meeting, calls it
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 16 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday slammed the Imran Khan-led government over its failure to convene a meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) for the last two months.
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