Childbirths

  • On Monday, statistics showed Mainland China’s birth rate has dropped to a record low of 7.52 births per 1,000 people in 2021, compared with 8.52 births per 1,000 in 2020. The new figures continue a downward trend that forced the government to allow couples to have up to three children per year. To avoid the…

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  •   As revelers say ‘hello’ to 2019 with great festivities, the world welcomes its newest residents. In a press release issued on the first day of the year, UNICEF said that globally, over 395,000 children are expected to be born on 1 January.  Over half of these births are estimated to take place in eight countries which…

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