China’s birthrate in 2020 has hit another record low — and there’s no indication things are about to pick up anytime soon.
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China’s birthrate in 2020 just hit another record low. But the worst is yet to come
China says 85% of citizens will use Mandarin by 2025
China is launching an aggressive campaign to promote Mandarin, saying 85% of its citizens will use the national language by 2025. The move appears to put threatened Chinese regional dialects such as …
Thai students train in China for railways
Under the joint training program for high-speed railway talent development between China and Thailand, Kantithat and 39 other Thai students first received one-month language training at the Confucius …
Zero-sugar Oreos see weak China response despite healthy snacking trend
Initial reaction from the launch of Oreo Zero sugar-free cookies in China has been disappointing, Mondelez International Inc’s CEO said, underscoring some of the challenges facing the global snack …
China reaped big health benefits from early Covid-19 lockdowns, researchers say
Roughly 347,000 non-coronavirus deaths might have been prevented in 7 months, more than half from cardiovascular diseases, researchers find.
Beijing expects 3 million avian ‘guests’ in winter
Beijing is expecting to accommodate over 3 million migratory birds this winter as avian migration peaks, according to Municipal Forestry and Parks Bureau. Since September, wildlife monitoring stations …
‘Hunt for Taiwanese’: Group says Beijing has pushed for deportation of Taiwan nationals to China
Safeguard Defenders said Beijing had pressured governments — including those of the Philippines and Cambodia — to extradite hundreds of Taiwanese mostly accused of telecoms fraud to China.
Diplomatic boycott of Beijing 2022 is selfish and harmful
While athletes around the world are eagerly awaiting the opening of the Beijing Olympic Winter Games in 66 days, a few western politicians have made noises of a …
EXCLUSIVE China protested Indonesian drilling, military exercises
China told Indonesia to stop drilling for oil and natural gas in maritime territory that both countries regard as their own during a months-long standoff in the South China Sea earlier this year, four …
Former Japan PM tells China
Japan and the United States could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan, and Beijing needs to understand this, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday.
Hundreds of Taiwanese extradited to China: report
A new report by a human rights group has found more than 600 Taiwanese arrested overseas have been deported to China in recent years.Safeguard Defenders says the practice was being “used as a tool to…
Omicron variant could threaten China’s reopening, analysts say
China could double down on its zero-COVID approach as the new Omicron variant reignites concerns about another COVID-19 wave in the pandemic, analysts say. Chief Asia economist at Capital Economics …
Analysis-Japan keen to speed up digital yen launch as China adds geopolitical twist
Japan’s new political leadership is calling on the country’s financial bureaucrats to ramp up efforts toward issuing a digital currency, pointing to China’s far quicker progress as a potential …
