BEIJING — China’s ruling Communist Party says it will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two in hopes of slowing the rapid aging of its population, which is ...

A nurse in the neonatal intensive Care Unit of the People's Hospital is providing care for newborns in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China on May 12, 2025. China is offering couples a subsidy to have ...

China has introduced a higher birth limit in an attempt to stave off a looming demographic crisis. But families say they have zero interest in having a third kid.

Lack of affordable child care, discrimination against women in the workforce and the sheer cost of raising children all make it less appealing for some mothers to have more children. Electronics ...

Fang, then a third grader, hemmed and hawed at the simple question as her teacher waited impatiently, unaware the 9-year-old was caught in a dilemma. Since preschool, Fang had been officially ...

China's rapidly declining fertility rate—reaching a record low of 1·0—marks a historic demographic turning point for the ...