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Thailand Faces Demographic Crisis as Birth Rate Plunges to 75-Year Low

BANGKOK – Thailand is currently experiencing a severe demographic shift that could reshape its future forever. In 2025, the country recorded just 416,574 births, the lowest annual total in roughly 75 years. This striking decline paints a challenging picture for the nation’s economic and social stability. During the same year, 559,684 deaths were registered across […]

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Behind the Curtain: Is China’s Economic and Population Data a Carefully Crafted Illusion?

BEIJING – In the high-stakes arena of global power, numbers are just as important as military might. Population size and economic growth are the scorecards that tell the world who is winning. For decades, the China’s Communist Party (CCP) has presented a picture of unstoppable rise. They have claimed record-breaking economic growth and a massive […]

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China Adviser Recommends Lowering Marriage Age to 18 to Boost Fertility

A state-backed newspaper reported on Tuesday that a China national political adviser has suggested that the legal age for marriage be lowered to 18 to increase fertility prospects and "unleash reproductive potential" in the context of a declining…

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China’s Marriage Rate Drops to Historic Low in 2024, While Divorces Rise

Despite the government's extensive efforts to encourage young people to marry and have children to halt the demographic decline in the world's second-largest economy, the number of new marriages recorded in China fell to a record low last year.

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