Beijing, Jan 5, 2026 (AFP) - China's birth-rate push sputters as couples stay child-free

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2026-01-05

Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society to produce offspring, even as China strives to boost its flagging birth rate. A decade since China scrapped its stringent one-child policy and implemented a two-child policy in January 2016, the nation is dealing with a looming demographic crisis. The country's population has shrunk for three straight years, with the United......

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