one-child policy

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.

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.

China fines film director more than RM4m for violating the country's one-child policy.

China is expected to relax its decades-long one-child policy in the first quarter of 2014, said the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.

The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.

The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.

Malaysia's inflation rate for October 2024 has increased to 1.9 per cent, up from 1.8 per cent in September this year.

For the first time, Saudi Arabia is participating in the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition held recently in Zhuhai.

The coronation of Britain's King Charles cost taxpayers GBP72 million (US$90 million), official accounts have revealed.

A married couple and a man were charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with trafficking 51.974 kilogrammes of Methamphetamine.

The police may seek new testimony from existing witnesses for additional insights into the investigation of Teoh Beng Hock's death.

Thailand's Constitutional Court rejects a petition seeking to stop Thaksin Shinawatra from interfering in the running the Pheu Thai party.