An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are ...

China today is a tech giant, in large part because it is a giant. The country is home to the world’s largest population of capable young tech workers, all potential innovators. But China’s shrinking ...

For decades, China has tried to rein in its population growth, allowing families to have only one child. Now, as it faces a decline, Beijing is trying to reverse what appears as an almost inevitable ...

China's long-anticipated demographic crisis has arrived earlier than expected. On Tuesday, the government posted negative population growth for the first time in 61 years. The birth rate is declining ...

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has created an economic model that is unsustainable. Official corruption and mismanagement of the economy, the crushing of creativity and innovation in the name of ...

China’s population shrank in 2022 for the first time in decades, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday, a shift signaling a looming demographic crisis that could have far-reaching ...

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. China reported a record low birth rate in ...

China may be one step closer to losing its place as the world’s most populous country to India after its population shrank for the first time since the 1960s. The country’s population fell in 2022 to ...

Data released recently by the Chinese government shows its population has begun to shrink and that has some economists worried about the global economy. China has powered the world’s economy for ...