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China is debating if it's finally time to let people marry at 18 as it grapples with a dwindling population
Gan Huatian, a member of a top advisory body to China's leaders, asked to lower the marriage age to…
Matthew Loh
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Kim Jong Un might be one of the few world dictators who has been seen crying
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was seen crying on national television during a speech in which he …
Lloyd Lee
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Japan is producing so few babies that a leading diaper maker is pivoting to adults
With fewer babies being born in Japan and the population aging fast, a leading company is halting b…
Joshua Zitser
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Russia is eyeing big tax hikes after this month's election to pay for the war in Ukraine
Putin is widely expected to coast to reelection, after which Bloomberg reported that the country co…
Yuheng Zhan
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Putin is urging women to have as many as 8 children after so many Russians died in his war with Ukraine
Russia's birthrates have been falling for decades, and the Ukraine war has made it worse.
Tom Porter
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US stocks edge higher as investors shift focus from earnings to macro data
Almost all S&P 500 companies have reported their fourth-quarter results so far, and the results hav…
Matthew Fox
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US stocks trade slightly lower as investors await slew of economic data
Investors will be hearing from five Fed presidents later in the week, listening for any clues about…
Matthew Fox
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China's stock markets have lost $6.3 trillion since 2021. This year's not looking better.
China's economy continues struggling to recover post-pandemic and is facing significant headwinds f…
Huileng Tan
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US stocks close higher as investors shake off inflation-fueled rout
"If you see inflation go up a little bit that doesn't mean that we're not on the target to get to 2…
Jennifer Sor
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China's stock market is in a 3-year slump and Beijing's flip-flops are adding to the confusion
"There has been increasing confusion over Beijing's policy stance on the economy," wrote Nomura eco…
Huileng Tan
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China is getting hyped over a suggestion that people get more than 5 days of paid time off
A member of the National People's Congress went viral after proposing that young workers get an ext…
Matthew Loh
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China's so desperate to get people to marry and have babies, one county is offering $137 as a 'reward' if the bride is 25 years old or under
A county in the Zhejiang province said the move is to promote "age-appropriate marriage and childbe…
Huileng Tan
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Elon Musk laments the declining birth rate: 'If there aren't enough people for Earth, then there definitely won't be enough for Mars'
The SpaceX founder and CEO has said the company will land humans on Mars in five to 10 years.
Huileng Tan
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Chinese people say they don't care that India is taking over as the world's most populous country: 'No one even wants 1st place'
China's foreign ministry also downplayed news of India's population boom, saying China prefers to f…
Matthew Loh
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Parents often report being less happy than child-free people, but kids aren't the problem. A lack of childcare and family leave is.
Having kids doesn't make parents less happy. Peggy O'Donnell Heffington's "Without Children," expla…
Peggy O’Donnell Heffington
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A Chinese city is offering couples almost $2,900 to have a third child and some others are giving newlyweds paid marriage leave to help boost the birth rate
China's grappling with a demographic crisis as its population has started shrinking for the first t…
Huileng Tan
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Honda is testing vehicles that could see and communicate in a way that's similar to humans
The vehicles will use cameras, voice recognition, AI, and standard controls to help people to move …
Insider Inc.
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Some of China's biggest provinces are letting everyone — including unmarried couples — have as many kids as they want, and it shows the depths of China's birth rate concerns
Single parents in Sichuan can now access benefits previously only available to married couples, lik…
Aditi Bharade,Matthew Loh
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China's so desperate to boost its birth rates, it's even cracking down on customary betrothal gifts for brides to help people get married more easily
A prospective bridegroom would give betrothal gifts, called caili, to a bride's family in a show of…
Huileng Tan
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Chinese millennials have replaced 'lying flat' with simply 'letting it rot' — a darkly funny, laissez-faire rejection of competition and the work force
"Lying flat" meant doing just enough to get by. "Letting it rot" means giving up completely.