China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate

Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In ...

World Has New Lowest Birth Rate

East Asia is home to some of the lowest birth rates globally. The trend, coupled with rapidly aging populations, strains ...
Opinion

Collapsing birth rates may be the biggest challenge of our era

We are still in the season of prognostications about the year ahead. But I gave my forecasts for 2026 last week. Today I am looking much further into the future, examining our demographic prospects.

Will China's 13% tax on condoms and contraceptives help improve birth rates? Here's what experts say

In 2015, the Chinese government abandoned the one-child policy, permitting couples to have two children. In May 2021, the two ...