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The world's most-populous country has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis as it faces a rapidly ageing workforce.

In an effort to encourage couples to have children, Shaanxi is looking to sharply increase the duration of paid maternity leave.

Uttar Pradesh has proposed legislation that aims to discourage couples from having more than two children.

Investors piled into stocks seen as benefitting from Beijing's new three-child policy.

China has announced that it will allow each couple to have up to three children, marking the end of a strict two-child policy.

China introduced the one-child policy in the late 1970s in a dramatic effort to slow rapid population growth, before reversing it in 2016.

After devoting all of their time and energy into their only child, many parents said they are simply exhausted for a second child.

For many Chinese families, the impact of the disaster was magnified by the one-child policy.

The "one child policy", instituted in the late 1970s, restricted most couples to only a single offspring through a system of fines for violators and even forced abortions.

Easing of China's one-child policy is said to be too late for parents who have lost their only child.

On Thursday, China's Communist Party announced it was abandoning its unpopular one-child policy after 35 years. But the scars still run deep.

The 'one-child' policy is thought to have prevented an estimated 400 million births in the world's most populous country, where 1.37 billion people live today.

The process has transformed the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people and propelled the country to global prominence.

Far fewer Chinese couples applied to have a second child than expected after a relaxation of the country's "one child" policy, state-run media reported.

Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said primary reason for the Chinese people's emotional outburst was mainly attributed to the country's one-child policy.

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Teenagers and young adults are becoming prime targets for a new wave of cyber scams, a trend raising alarm bells across Southeast Asia.

Before global leaders address plastic pollution, a Japanese manicurist highlights the issue by incorporating it into her nail designs.

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In Malaysia, over half a million road accidents have been recorded so far this year.

The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.