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Vivian Ling interview on Love Without Borders and Sino-Western adoption

Translating across generations: Interview with Vivian Ling on adoptee narratives Vivian Ling is a Chinese language educator, translator, and editor. She taught at Oberlin College … Read more

China Seeks to Lower Cost of Raising Children, Boost Fertility

China Looks to Boost Fertility Rates by Reducing the Cost of Childbirth and Childcare A Chinese health official, Yang Wenzhuang, the Director of Department of … Read more

China: new rules to limit abortions for ‘non-medical purposes’

The new restrictions aim to improve women’s reproductive health, the Chinese government says. China has already been facing a major demographic crisis related to an … Read more

The number of newborns in China falls by 15%

Population crisis in China Births in China fell 15% over 2019, according to data from the Ministry of Public Security, with 10.04 million births in … Read more

Two-child policy is helping, but not enough to fix China’s demographic crisis

In October 2015, China officially approved the two-child policy that replaced the one-child policy. The one-child policy remained in force for 35 years, causing several … Read more

China official says two-child policy showing ‘notable results’

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s two-child policy is showing “notable results” with the fertility rate expected to rise through to 2020, a senior health official said … Read more

Which countries have the most slaves? Key figures from global survey index

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nearly 46 million people around the world are living as slaves, forced to work in factories, mines and farms, sold for sex, trapped in debt bondage or born into servitude, according to the third Global Slavery Index released on Tuesday.

A family of Henan peasants hiding in the mountains for 12 years

Twelve years ago, in order to give birth to their child and to avoid one-child policy, Yuan Tienming fled to a rural area with his … Read more