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China has a new 'condom tax'. Residents are worried about the health risks

Experts are concerned over potential increases in unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases due to higher costs for contraceptives.

Euronews · Dec 12, 2025

China's new 'condom tax' draws skepticism and worries over health risks

China's new 'condom tax' draws skepticism and worries over health risks

China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over 30 years

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025

China's Great Leap Backward

China's Great Leap Backward

The Chinese century is over. Facing upside-down demographic and economic trends, China is heading off the cliff

Salon · Jul 30, 2023

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The Stats Guy: What does China’s flawed census mean for Australia? A warning most of all

China has likely overcounted its population by at least 100 million. That missing demographic won't be buying Australia's exports

The New Daily · Apr 22, 2023

Here's why China's population dropped for the first time in decades

Low fertility rates in the wake of China's former one-child policy and lockdowns related to the COVID pandemic have contributed to the country's shrinking population.

WEKU · Jan 17, 2023

China’s demographic crisis looms over Xi Jinping’s third term

The world’s most populous country will start shrinking this year, weakening the government’s economic tools

Financial Times · Oct 3, 2022

Chinese government attempts to boost birth rate with new policies

Measures include improved maternal healthcare and efforts to reduce abortions as China seeks to reverse declining population growth

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2022

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Analysis-More Chinese women delay or give up on having babies after zero-COVID ordeal

Analysis-More Chinese women delay or give up on having babies after zero-COVID ordeal

Seeing Chinese authorities exercise extraordinary powers during a stringent COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai earlier this year altered Claire Jiang's life plans: she no longer wants to have babies in China.

Reuters · Aug 8, 2022

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