The annual high-level China-U.S. dialogue held this week could help the two countries avoid policy mistakes on the macroeconomic side and prevent conflict over the South China Sea, a U.S. expert has said.
Henan province has adopted a policy allowing the only children to take paid leave of up to 20 days a year to look after parents who are age 60 or older and hospitalized. Residents and experts alike hailed the move as a way to embrace the country's rapidly aging population.
Beijing’s decision to allow all married couples to have two children is driving a surge in demand for fertility treatment among older women, putting heavy pressure on clinics and breaking down past sensitivities, and even shame, about the issue.
The relaxation of China's family planning policy has led to a drop in the number of children being adopted, a trend that is expected to continue.
Insurance companies are taking to twitter in a big way. Most of them use twitter to engage in conversation with their policyholders, help them on enquiries and as a complaint portal.
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its benchmark short-term interest rate unchanged for a third meeting in a row while offering little clue on the timing of its next rate hike.
Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi Friday stressed that the new government would adopt a people-centered foreign policy, saying that economic and social development cannot be achieved without the participation of the people.
Myanmar's new foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi will clarify the new government's foreign policy with foreign diplomats in Nay Pyi Taw on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
As government hurried to counter rumors stemming from a newly implemented tax policy on overseas purchases over the weekend, analysts called on authorities to focus on an upgrade in quality instead of tax adjustments if they want to drive China's domestic consumption.
Solemn-faced couples holding a hammer and a sickle were a common sight in the early 1980s, when China introduced its one-child policy. They looked out of posters above a red slogan proclaiming, "Controlled population, planned growth".
China has more wiggle room to maneuver macroeconomic policy and manage exchange rates as U.S. Federal Reserve signaled slower pace of interest rate hikes this year, U.S. experts say.
The European Union and Cuba signed an agreement on Friday to normalize relations 13 years after the unilateral suspension of ties by the EU.
Myanmar's election-winning opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has designated Dr. Zaw Myint Maung as one more spokesperson with regard to the party's policy and matter of transition in addition to Aung San Suu Kyi, the party's chairperson, according to an NLD announcement published here Wednesday.
China will significantly increase medical resources for children in the next five years, the head of the National Health and Family Planning Commission said on Tuesday.
China is exploring the creation of a mechanism that would use a band to guide the country's interest rates, an approach aimed at giving the market a greater say in the financial system, a senior monetary official said on Sunday.
China's manufacturing activity has fallen to its lowest level in four years, pointing to the need for more policy support to bolster economic growth and push structural reforms.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday the government is experienced in dealing with various risks and has sufficient policies and tools.
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