Asia China Some provinces are granting young newlyweds a month's paid leave in the hope of encouraging weddings and boosting a declining birth rate
Asia China The Chinese Athletics Association has promised to strengthen oversight of its road running events after at the Beijing Half Marathon three runners appeared to slow down to allow China's He Jie to overtake them and win
Asia China In the next decade, some 300 million people, who are currently between 50 and 60 years old, will leave China's labor force, the largest age group in the country, raising questions about how the country will cope with this phenomenon
Asia China China's medical equipment market reached a market capitalization of 1,27 trillion yuan ($179 billion) in 2023, revealed the China Medical Equipment Association; the figure is 10,4% higher than that of 2022
Asia China In 2023, for the first time, the country built more ships in its shipyards than all the rest of the world combined, both for civilian and military use; the fact has worried a number of countries including the USA