China's marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 ...

In search of security, women and their families are increasingly buying homes for themselves before or during marriage.

As China’s government worries about the falling birthrate, some private employers have ordered workers to do their part, or ...

Several Chinese labour unions, including in central Hunan province and the southern hub of Shenzhen, issued official notices ...

SHANGHAI: A 103-year-old woman in China has died after waiting for the return of her husband for more than eight decades.

The company in Shandong province had said unmarried workers ages 28 to 58, including those who are divorced, would be fired ...

HONG KONG, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A Chinese national political adviser has recommended lowering the legal age for marriage to 18 to boost fertility chances in the face of a declining population and ...

Female job applicants in China, which is trying to raise its birthrate, have long been discriminated against by employers who ask about their marriage and childbearing plans.

A national political advisor has called on China to lower the legal marriage age to boost its declining birth rate—yet analysts tell Newsweek such a move is unlikely to sway young Chinese.

China’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 million the previous year. This decline has prompted Chen Songxi ...

A Chinese national political adviser has recommended lowering the legal age for marriage to 18 to boost fertility chances in the face of a declining population and "unleash reproductive potential", a ...

China’s marriage rate is in steep decline. There were 6.1 million marriage registrations nationwide in 2024, down from 7.7 million the previous year. This decline has prompted Chen Songxi, a Chinese ...