China is one of the most populous countries in the world, surpassed only by India. By the end of 2023, China boasted a population of about 1.4 billion people. Although this marked the country's second ...

Kowloon Walled City was once the most densely populated place on Earth, with 35,000 residents crammed into just 26,000 square ...

China’s successful rebranding of the giant panda has created an unexpected challenge for Beijing, as it aims to balance its ...

The world's second largest economy faces demographic headwinds, as its dwindling population continues to age, leaving a declining workforce.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world's second most populous nation, ...

The willingness to spend on pets comes as more young people turn to them for companionship. Read more at straitstimes.com.

NEW DELHI--India will be the world’s most populous country by the end of ... Young workers who flooded into China’s cities to take factory jobs starting in the 1990s were an essential ...

By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from Hong Kong To get its citizens to have more children and stop its population from shrinking, China has ... in the southern city of Chongqing ...

large numbers of Chinese people have moved from rural farms to cities, where having children is more expensive. The column chart shows the annual population change in China with the drop in 2024 ...

China and India have agreed to resume direct commercial flights for the first time in five years, in the latest sign of warming relations between the world’s two most populous countries.