I recently made a video about what a typical Tokyo neighborhood is like and needed a few Japanese related clip art to illustrate what I was talking about. Even more surprising was that everything is ...

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Friday announced that its economic growth rate for 2024 was in line with the target set by a government beset by the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs, an enduring ...

Companies in China are offering a “pretend to work” service which includes office space and lunch for 30 yuan (US$4) a day to help people hide the fact they are jobless from their families.

China is typically wary of “foreign influence” on its people and has banned foreign social media apps, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp. These platforms would have otherwise ...

China has released a slew of economic data this morning, showing its economy grew last year by a solid 5% percent, meeting the government's target. Other annual figures released show that total ...

While people are living longer, that's not enough to keep up with rate of new births. Countries such as China that allow very little immigration are especially at risk. China has long been among ...

China’s economy grew more than expected in ... Last year, the country recorded 6.77 births per 1,000 people, up from 6.39 a year earlier, according to the NBS. Some 9.54 million babies were ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to ...

“The Chinese real estate market turned to dust two years ago, so you have millions of people willing to buy the lottery instead.” The shortage of jobs has driven record numbers of graduates ...

They provide American audiences with opportunities to understand the lives, culture, and values of Chinese people, and break down longstanding misunderstandings and biases. At the same time ...

The National Bureau of Statistics said the total number of people in China dropped by 1.39 million to 1.408 billion in 2024, compared to 1.409 billion in 2023. Friday's data reinforces concerns ...

"The data China released was different from what most people felt," Wang said, comparing this year's outlook with notching up the difficulty level on a treadmill. "We need to run faster just to ...