China is becoming more sexually liberal – if you are a man

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

China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate

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

China’s Russian Town Has Log Cabins and Cyrillic Signs, but No Russians

Enhe was once home to thousands of ethnic Russians. Under Xi Jinping’s push for ethnic unity, little remains beyond nostalgia ...

China’s ‘condom tax’ sparks backlash as Beijing struggles to reverse population collapse

China introduced a 13% tax on contraceptives while exempting childcare services as the global superpower battles sustained population decline and aging demographics.

Aimed at the growing number of young Chinese who live alone, a new app asks: 'Are you dead?'

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

Dom Amore: Tia Chan continues to stonewall in goal for 5th-ranked UConn women’s hockey team

Goalie Tia Chan is leading UConn women’s hockey to new heights. She’s leading the nation in save percentage for the ...
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Revisiting the 1999 Women's World Cup With Briana Scurry, Joy Fawcett

The Spun recalls the Americans' groundbreaking victory with two superstars of yesteryear for its "Then and Now" magazine.

There’s a sinister reason women feel the need to butcher their faces… But there’s more to life than fillers and Botox

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 pursues Olympic dream while anxious about ‘terrifying’ threats to her homeland

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

CPC in global eyes: CPC ‘clearly charts the direction and goals for the future’: Indonesian volunteer

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

Condom tax and cheaper childcare: China's plan to boost birth rates

Chinese people will pay a 13% sales tax on contraceptives from 1 January, while childcare services will be exempt, as the world's second-largest economy tries to boost birth rates.

Huge tax rise is slapped on condoms and contraceptives in desperate bid to tackle plummeting birth rate in China

CHINA has hiked up the prices of condoms and other contraceptives amid plummeting birth rates in the world’s second most populated country. An extra 13 per cent value-added tax has been ...