China's Challenges
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Despite huge push, China’s population continues to shrink as birthrate plummets
The country’s fertility rate has fallen well below replacement levels.
Xiujian Peng, The Conversation
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Explained: Why Covid-19 is surging in China and its possible global economic impact
The Covid-19 surge is expected to throw China into another crisis, further constrain global supply chains and delay economic recovery and across the world.
Nachiket Deuskar
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China’s economy may never recover from the damage caused by Covid-19
With the slowing of China’s gross domestic product growth, rising graduate unemployment and increasing economic hardship, China is in deep trouble.
Kent Matthews, The Conversation
Trending
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Mumbai school principal told to resign after being targeted by Hindutva website
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Why are concerns being raised about the Election Commission’s voter turnout data?
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30 years after Tiananmen Square, China is still fighting for equality and justice
In 2018, the country saw over 1,700 strikes by students and workers. Despite risks of being fired, arrested, imprisoned or disappeared, the struggle continues.
Leïla Choukroune, The Conversation
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China: Number of babies born in 2018 was least since 1961 despite two-child policy
Beijing should not only relax its family planning policy but also introduce policies to encourage births, said a demographer.
Scroll Staff
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The fear that’s making Chinese women reluctant to have more children
There is a distrust in businesses and manufacturers after a string of scandals related to children’s welfare.
Ye Liu, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Watch: Neighbours rescue infant from second floor sunshade after she fell from fourth floor balcony
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Why China may have to rethink its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative
Criticism of the programme by its targeted beneficiaries has surfaced earlier than expected as the shadow of debt begins to loom.
Philip Bowring
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China is dragging international airlines into its bitter dispute over Taiwan’s sovereignty
Beijing is using new ways to undermine the island region’s territorial status.
Ed Bryan, The Conversation
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China’s dystopian social credit system is a harbinger of the global age of the algorithm
Plans for China to rate its citizens for their trustworthiness have been depicted as uniquely Chinese. Don't be so sure.
Stefan Brehm, The Conversation & Nicholas Loubere, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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Start the week with a film: A divorce from hell in ‘The War of the Roses’
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Chinese economic growth set to accelerate for the first time in seven years
Central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan, however, called for caution as economists fear growth may be fuelled by debt.
Scroll Staff
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If China doesn’t become more transparent about OBOR, India won’t be the only one opposing it
Without multilateral cooperation, plans for China's ambitious One Belt, One Road initiative risk opposition.
Harsh V Pant
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With its corruption crackdown, China is also stamping out innovation
President Xi Jinping has set himself up with an impossible task: keep the economy humming under state domination, while trying to eradicate corruption.
Yuen Yuen Ang, The Conversation
The Field
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Aryan, Yashwardhan, Priyanshu among Indians in semi-finals
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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IPL 2024: Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar bowl Punjab Kings to crucial win over Chennai Super Kings
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Badminton, Thomas Cup 2024: India finish second in Group C following loss to Indonesia
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Fitness watch: Project launched in England to study causes of ACL injuries in women’s football