Two Sessions political meetings recently drew to a close, minus the presence of National People’s Congress (NPC) Chairman Zhao Leji, the nation’s third most senior official. (Zhao’s unexpected absence ...

More Chinese couples are opting for “situationships” over traditional intimate relationships as they put personal happiness ...

Several Chinese labour unions, including in central Hunan province and the southern hub of Shenzhen, issued official notices ...

In a world where personal autonomy is paramount, should employers dictate their employees’ life choices? The recent ultimatum ...

Yet, providing opportunities for people where they live rather than forcing them to move for work has become a major tenet of ...

Thailand's recent deportations of Uyghurs to China have eerie parallels with a large deportation in 2015, in which the ...

Around 2055, a first is expected to take place: “The world population will peak and then start declining and it’s likely to ...

As China’s government worries about the falling birthrate, some private employers have ordered workers to do their part, or ...

Workers' rights, a housing crisis and marital disputes are among the issues that China's leaders will discuss at annual ...

Though she dreamed of having children someday, she wasn’t convinced that marriage was a necessary step. At a time when China’s birth rate has dropped by 68% since 1988, the government has been ...

A national political advisor has called on China to lower the legal marriage age to boost its declining birth rate—yet analysts tell Newsweek such a move is unlikely to sway young Chinese.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A national political adviser of China has recommended lowering the legal age for marriage to 18 to boost fertility chances in the face of a declining population and "unleash ...