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China’s one-child time bomb: 16 percent over 60 in five years
Fp Archives •China's one-child policy has prevented almost half a billion births but has turned into a demographic time bomb as the population ages, storing up huge economic and social problems for the country.
China forces birth control on Uighur Muslims, other minorities; birth rates fall by 60% from 2015 to 2018 in Xinjiang
•Birth rates dropped more than 60 percent in just three years in Uighur-majority areas in China’s Xinjiang region - the result of a state campaign to curb Muslim populations, the AP has found
One Child Nation review: A personal exploration of how China's infamous policy gained currency, its emotional toll
Neerjad •One Child Nation succeeds on two counts: It looks at the human cost of the one-child policy while portraying how the wounds resulting from it have barely healed, even as the Chinese government has moved on to a new kind of messaging — that of how two children are better than one, since the country has a shortage of young people now
Chinese police rescue 1,100 Southeast Asian women 'sold as wives'; detain 1,300 suspects for 'abduction and marriage fraud'
•Chinese police saved 1,100 women and 17 children in joint operations with police from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand between July and December.
'Chinese market for for wives': Men in China seek young brides in Pakistan; women reveal horror stories of trafficking and abuse
Fp Staff •Recently, Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency arrested eight Chinese nationals and four Pakistanis in multiple raids in the Punjab province in connection with trafficking.
China's population set to peak at 1.44 billion in 2029, followed by 'unstoppable decline': Government report
•China, the world’s most populous country must now draw up policies to try to cope with a declining labour force and a rapidly ageing population, according to the summary of the latest edition of the Green Book of Population and Labor published by the China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
China's population to stall around 2030, drop to 90% of today's figures by 2065
•China's rapidly-ageing population touched 241 million – one-fifth of the country's population: Reports.
China commissions research to end 'one-child' policy, decision could be made in 2019, says report
•China is considering ending the limit it sets on the number of children a family can have, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
China plans to introduce 'baby bonus' to encourage couples to have second child
•China is planning to introduce a "baby bonus" scheme to provide financial incentives to encourage couples to have a second child, as surveys showed that many of them were reluctant to go beyond one child due to economic constraints, official media reported on Tuesday.
China's new policy on two children leading to job discrimination for women
•China's new policy to permit two children, ending the one child policy this year is resulting in discrimination of women in job market as employers prefer male workers to avoid lengthy maternity leave, official media reported.