China’s announcement in September that it was ending international adoptions was a crushing blow for families awaiting the ...

For more than three and a half decades, China had some form of a one-child policy. This ended several years ago, but the implications for the country are vast. The lost generation in combination with ...

Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.

Analysts are pessimistic that any new measures can reverse China's plunging fertility rate, which is driven by changing social norms.

Policymakers hope the move will help ease the pressure on pension systems as more people enter retirement than ever before.

Women receive cold-calls about family planning and universities asked to offer ‘love courses’ to tackle demographic crisis ...

Pupils study at a primary school for migrant children in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, Sept 15, 2007. [Photo/VCG] This year has seen the framing of a range of new policies for childr ...

Shanghai plans to extend child care services to younger children, aiming to establish a seamless continuum of care from ...