As well as these unequal social norms, the Chinese job market still rewards men more than women. This means in later life, ...

The Asian giant is grappling with a dramatic population decline, with a fertility rate of 1.0, well below the 2.1 replacement ...

A new, wildly popular app among young Chinese people is definitively the latter. It's called, simply, “Are You Dead?" In a ...

China has imposed a tax on contraceptives sold domestically starting this year. The Chinese Ministry of Finance recently ...

Behold the natural, unadulterated face of a 69-year-old woman and try not to recoil in horror. And yes, that is sarcasm. It’s ...

Greenland biathlete Ukaleq Slettemark is used to the stress of competing on the world stage as she tries to qualify for the ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out, "to understand China today, one must learn to understand the Communist Party of ...

Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, fertility rates have not bounced back. NPR speaks with journalist Cindy Yu about what this means.

After a low-key 2025 with few high-ticket events, 2026 will kick off a storm into the next Olympic cycle, as India's best ...

How isolation, intransigence and desperate economic hardship provoked an upsurge of protest that brought the regime to the ...

The path forward—whether through regime change, negotiated reform, or continued repression—will have profound implications ...