Background: Peter Zeihan grew up in Marshalltown ... So, they’ve got an almost pre-industrial population structure, which means Argentina is going to be in the game in the worst-case scenario ...

Thus, while China represents 17.2 per cent of the global population, it will account for less than 6 per cent of births – comparable to Nigeria. Moreover, China’s fertility rate in 2025 is ...

China is wagering that these kinds of economic incentives can convince families to have more kids, as it strives to arrest a looming demographic crisis. The country’s population has been ...

“The earlier we educate young people about reproductive health, the better we can protect their future fertility,” said He Dan, director of the China Population and Development Research ...

China has taken steps to restrict local companies from investing in the US, according to people familiar with the matter, in a move that could give Beijing more leverage for potential trade ...

China's population fell for the third year in a row in 2024 and it already has more than 310 million people aged 60 and over. As the workforce shrinks, the government has increasingly looked to ...

China is planning new measures to boost its flagging birth rate and address its growing elderly population, but one analyst warns that more action may be needed to prevent a demographic collapse.

As US President Donald Trump ratcheted up economic pressure on China over the past week, Beijing sent back its own message: Its rise won’t be interrupted. A major political meeting taking place ...

China has vowed to “vigorously boost consumption” as it tries to inject new momentum into the world’s second-largest economy, which was already struggling before President Donald Trump ...