Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, fertility rates have not bounced back. NPR speaks with journalist Cindy Yu ...

HONG KONG, Jan 16 () - China's population policy is emerging as a key part of its economic strategy as Beijing rolls out its ...

Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In ...

China has imposed taxes on contraceptives sold domestically starting this new year. The Chinese Ministry of Finance recently ...

China will scrap a long-standing tax exemption for contraceptives, with products such as condoms set to be subject to value-added tax (VAT) from January 1, 2026 under a new law. Contraceptives will no ...

For many Chinese citizens, the move feels contradictory. The same state that is urging people to marry and have children is now making contraception more expensive.

Contraceptives are now subject to a 13 percent value-added tax, while services related to childcare and marriage are exempt.

Amid historically low birth rates and economic pressures from its aging population, China will eliminate a decades-old tax exemption on contraceptives. Amid historically low birth rates and economic ...

CHINA has hiked up the prices of condoms and other contraceptives amid plummeting birth rates in the world’s second most populated country. An extra 13 per cent value-added tax has been ...

China’s central government introduced a childcare subsidy on July 28 that will provide families with 3,000 yuan (around $418) a year for each child under the age of three. The announcement came days ...

We are still in the season of prognostications about the year ahead. But I gave my forecasts for 2026 last week. Today I am looking much further into the future, examining our demographic prospects.