China is facing a demographic crisis as its population shrinks for the third consecutive year. Despite government incentives to boost births, many young couples, citing high costs, career pressures, ...

Twenty-five-year-old Grace and her husband are set on staying child-free, resisting pressure from their parents and society to produce offspring, even as China strives to boost its flagging birth rate ...

Show more Show less China's birth rate could fall from 1.4 billion today to around 800 million by 2100, the United Nations says Chinese couples say high child-rearing costs and career worries are ...