Criticism over how the Chinese government buys drugs for its public health care system has ignited frustration over the quality of medicine.

Top doctors raised concerns about domestically made drugs, saying Beijing’s effort to lower costs is sacrificing quality.

The fall came despite a slight rise in births last year, the first increase since 2016. State efforts to cajole women to have children have...

A quarter century after the former Portuguese colony was made a Chinese territory, Macau’s economic boundaries with the mainland are being blurred.

Despite a declining birthrate that has alarmed the nation’s leaders, regulations in China prevent unmarried women from freezing their eggs.

As the cultural lines between Hong Kong and China blur, restaurants from the mainland are finding opportunities in the city. But not everyone is happy.

Huang Xueqin, a journalist, and Wang Jianbing, a labor activist, were convicted of subversion, a vaguely worded charge long seen as a tool for muzzling...

Faced with falling births, China’s Communist Party is ignoring the citizens it needs most to help stabilize a shrinking population and maintain economic growth.

China is trying urgently to address its declining population. One idea is to subsidize assisted fertility procedures, which are often a last resort for couples...

Deaths outnumbered births last year for the first time in six decades. Experts see major implications for China, its economy and the world.