More than 160,000 Chinese children have been adopted by families across world since 1992. It was not immediately clear what would happen to families who were in adoption process.
Latest data by China's National Bureau of Statistics shows births in country dropped significantly in absolute numbers and number of deaths rose in last 3 years.
The cost of childcare in China is now higher than US, France, Japan and Germany. Thanks to years of state-driven one-child policy and falling fertility rate.
From 1980 to 2015, the Chinese government limited couples to one child only. I interviewed over 100 Chinese parents who started their families during this period.
Xi Jinping has spoken about relying on homegrown talent to tackle the challenges in science and technology. The three-child policy intends to fix the issue of shrinking workforce.
China has been gradually reforming its stringent birth policy that for decades limited most families to only having a single child, with a second child allowed since 2016.
Societal shift is underway in China as Communist Party gets desperate for newborns. In 2018, the number of newborns dropped to the lowest level in almost 60 years.
He was the bridge connecting the era of legendary actors like Bachchan and Khanna in the 70s, Govinda and Salman Khan in the 90s, and even later, in films like Malamaal Weekly and Dhamaal.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India president Charanjot Singh Nanda, a stakeholder in govt's plans to promote home-grown consulting firms, speaks on what is holding back domestic firms.
After initially showing interest in supplying the long-range missile to Ukraine, Trump appeared hesitant following his meeting with Zelenskyy, a day after his phone call with Putin.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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