China Faces New Hurdle As Plummeting Birth Rate, Low Job Prospects Spark Kindergarten Crisis
Amid a critically falling birth rate, depreciating job prospects for youth and a crackdown on profit-driven education in China has added to the crisis.
Aug 28, 2024, 23:55 PM IST
China's birth rate drops to record low in 2021, reveals official data
China had scrapped its decades-old one-child policy in 2016 and had replaced it with a two-child limit to try to avoid the economic risks from a rapidly ageing population.
Jan 17, 2022, 12:08 PM IST
China’s birth rate plunges to lowest in four decades
The country`s birth rates have been steadily falling for years now, mostly because young people can`t afford to have kids, and more financially independent women have decided to embrace a single, childless lifestyle.
Nov 24, 2021, 22:31 PM IST
