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Campaign for Uyghurs marks 35 years since Barin Massacre, calls out China
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Campaign for Uyghurs (CFU) commemorated the 35th anniversary of the Barin Massacre. On April 5, 1990, in the town of Barin, East Turkistan, brave Uyghur individuals organized a peaceful demonstration against the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) oppressive One-Child Policy and the cruel targe
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China's ban on foreign adoptions puts hundreds of US families in limbo
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
For decades, international adoptions provided a lifeline for abandoned children, many of whom were victims of China's notorious one-child policy. Now, as Beijing attempts to grapple with its self-inflicted population issues, the ban has raised concerns over the fate of vulnerable children an
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China's Communist Party gathers to chart course amid economic troubles
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
This gathering assumes significant importance as China, the world's second-largest economy, grapples with a myriad of challenges including a property sector crisis, escalating local government debt, and strained consumer demand amid geopolitical tensions with Western nations.
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China: Population decline for second straight year deepens demographic cha
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
China's population shrank for the second year in a row, marking a deepening of a demographic challenge that is set to have significant implications on the world's second-largest economy.
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China demographic crisis: One child policy backfires; rising living costs
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
China's demographic crisis continue to deepen as the country's population planning initiative One Child Policy, which earlier forced families to have one child under its umbrella has now severely backfired, leading to population decline.
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China's single population to reach 400 million, youths staring at being si
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a recent survey, unmarried young people over 30 are widespread in China. Many young men and women in cities choose to be single, while many young men in rural areas are eliminated from the marriage market, reported Sina Weibo, a Chinese microblogging website.
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China's population fall for first time in 60 years: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the population fell from the previous year by some 850,000 people as it recorded to 1.411 billion in the year 2022.
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China's marriages drop to alarming levels
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 3 (ANI): Marriages in China have dropped to record levels and are deepening the population crisis facing the second-largest economy in the world.
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Gender unrest in China after single woman denied egg freezing procedure
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 15 (ANI): The recent ruling by a Chinese court against an unmarried woman who sued a hospital which refused to freeze her eggs is sparking a debate over gender equality in the country.
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Being gay in China has become harder in last decade: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 5 (ANI): Being gay in China has become harder in the last decade as life has gotten harder since Xi Jinping came to power in 2012.
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People in China seethe over government order to produce more children
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 23 (ANI): As China faces a scenario of negative population growth, the government has started to force its citizens to marry early and have at least three children each. The administration has also begun rolling out various contests as bait.
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China delays retirement of employees as population ages, exchequer runs dr
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 27 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is delaying the retirement age of its government employees as the draconian one-child policy bears its long-term effects in the form of an ageing population accompanied by an increased state expenditure on social security pen
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