Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, fertility rates have not bounced back. NPR speaks with journalist Cindy Yu ...
Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society ...
The Asian giant is grappling with a dramatic population decline, with a fertility rate of 1.0, well below the 2.1 replacement ...
A child’s death is devastating to all parents. But for Chinese parents, losing an only child can add financial ruin to emotional devastation. That’s one conclusion of a research project on parental ...
January 1, 2026, marks ten years since China formally scrapped its notorious one-child policy, a sweeping social experiment that shaped family life for more than three decades. The decision to end it ...
Approaching 60, Zhang Xiaomei lives a retirement many people envy: dancing in the mornings, resting in the afternoons, and ...
China announced last week it was ending its international adoption program, devastating hundreds of families in the U.S. in the process of adopting a child. "A lot of these families have persevered, ...