News Analysis China’s kindergartens and elementary schools have seen student numbers decreasing dramatically following the year-by-year shrinking of China’s birth rate. The trend is expected to intensify and extend to higher grades in middle schools and colleges in the upcoming years. On March 23, the Ministry of Education said in a press conference that in…
Kindergarten and School-Aged Pupil Enrolments Drop Sharply Amid China’s Decline in Births
Hong Kong’s Child Raising Costs Nearly 70 Percent of Median Household Income: Survey
Hong Kong’s total population saw negative growth in 2021, with data showing the declining birth rate being a top reason. A recent survey found that the average cost of raising a child in Hong Kong accounts for nearly 70 percent of the city’s median household income. According to its Census and Statistics Department (CSD), Hong…
China’s Aging Population Threatens Its Labor Force
China’s seventh national population census showed that 44.3 percent of its cities have an aged population. According to the World Health Organization, when the number of people over 65 years of age in a country or region exceeds 7 percent, it is called an “aging society.” When the number exceeds 14 percent, it becomes an…
Looming Aging Crisis May Have Tremendous Impact on China’s Labor Force
China’s seventh national population census showed that 44.3 percent of its cities have an aged population. According to the World Health Organization, when the number of people over 65 years of age in a country or region exceeds 7 percent, it is called an “aging society.” When the number exceeds 14 percent, it becomes an…
Chinese Regime Encourages Couples to Have Third Child as Population Crisis Looms
The Chinese regime has officially written its new three-child policy into law, marking Beijing’s latest attempt to boost population and avert a demographic crisis that could dash its plans for building global dominance. The National People’s Congress, the regime’s rubber-stamp legislature, on Aug. 20 amended the Population and Family Planning Law that has for decades…
In Major Reversal, Beijing Unveils Series of Policies Promoting Childbearing
On July 20, the State Council of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officially issued a document which not only allows three children for each family but also introduces a number of policies to encourage childbirth, indicating the regime’s eagerness to get Chinese people to have more children. Other than giving permission for parents to have…
China’s 3-Child Policy Far From Reality, Middle-Class Mother’s Parenting Bill Shows
Despite the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) recent introduction of a three-child policy to counter the country’s aging population, most families are unlikely to have two children, let alone a third child, due to the high cost of raising a child in China. The CCP’s Health Commission stated on May 31 that “after it introduced the two-child…
China Scrambles to Keep Its World Factory Status by Rolling Out Drastic Measures
China’s recent policies to encourage the birth of a third child, crack down on private tutoring, and train skilled workers have all been attributed to the CCP’s recognition of a looming crisis in China’s manufacturing sector, some say. A key factor in encouraging childbirth involves the CCP’s Ministry of Education which has set up an…
CCP Scrambles to Keep Its World Factory Status by Rolling Out Drastic Measures
The CCP’s recent policies to encourage the birth of a third child, crack down on private tutoring, and train skilled workers have all been attributed to the CCP’s recognition of a looming crisis in China’s manufacturing sector, some say. A key factor in encouraging childbirth involves the CCP’s Ministry of Education which has set up…
Frightening Facts Behind the Chinese Communist Regime’s ‘Three-Child Policy’
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) conducted its Seventh National Population Census (hereinafter referred to as the Census) using 00:00 hours of Nov. 1, 2020, as the reference time. Although an official government report of the census reveals an increase in China’s population, the CCP hastily launched the “three-child policy” because its economic growth, which is…
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