An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are ...

Japan is decades ahead of the rest of the world with an aging and shrinking population. There are some who claim we don't ...

For decades, China enjoyed a role as the “world’s factory,” drawing upon its immense labor force to manufacture goods cheaply and quickly. As the number of working-age people in China drops ...

Chinas economy is grappling with intensifying challenges as mounting debt, persistent deflation, and an aging population ...

China’s extreme automation is a strength, but it’s also a response to the country’s most fundamental weakness: the impending ...

The Chinese population census, released last May, revealed that China’s demographic situation is already quite worrying. Population growth over the previous decade is the slowest in Chinese history.

Demography may not be destiny for some things like how people vote, but if enough factors align, it can determine the trajectory of a country’s future. For more than three and a half decades, China ...

Demographics drive Asia’s travel divide, with Japan favoring solo, traditional travel and India and China leaning mobile-first and family-focused. Japan has the world’s oldest population, with nearly ...

Apollo is signaling a more cautious stance on China’s economic trajectory, citing a range of structural and geopolitical headwinds that could weigh on future growth. The firm’s chief economist, ...