China's birth rate has fallen to a record low, prompting concerns about the country's demographic future and the potential for more coercive measures.

China’s birth rate has hit a historic low – deepening fears of a major economic shock in the decades to come as the country’s ...

“Birth tourism” — where pregnant women have their child on America soil to become citizens — has been happening for decades. But Chinese elites have “weaponized” the practice, says author Peter ...

Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society to produce offspring, even as China strives to boost its flagging birth rate ...

China clocked its lowest birth rate on record in 2025 as its population shrank for the fourth year in a row, deepening a demographic challenge that could drag on the world’s second-largest economy for ...

China’s birth rate has fallen to its lowest level since the Communist Party took power in 1949, according to recent government data reported by the BBC and other media outlets. Official figures ...

BANGKOK (AP) — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ending China's longtime one-child policy, the country's ...