WHILE Chinese people were still happily celebrating the new Year of the Snake, China welcomed important peo- ple from an important organization on an important conti- nent. Invited by YangJiechi, Chinese Minister of F...WHILE Chinese people were still happily celebrating the new Year of the Snake, China welcomed important peo- ple from an important organization on an important conti- nent. Invited by YangJiechi, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who was elected chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission last July, came to Beijing on February 14, the fourth day after the Chinese traditional Spring Festival, for a four-day visit. She also co-presided over the Fifth China-AU Strategic Dialogue with Yang the next day It was the South African woman's first time in China after being sworn in as head of the AU Commission.展开更多
More than three decades after its implementation, the family planning policy in China has led to a swiftly aging society with a shrinking young population. Despite the launch of the two-child policy in 2015, there wer...More than three decades after its implementation, the family planning policy in China has led to a swiftly aging society with a shrinking young population. Despite the launch of the two-child policy in 2015, there were 17.23 million births on the Chinese mainland in 2017, a decline of 630,000 over the previous year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. If this trend continues, a nosedive in births in the coming years will be inevitable.展开更多
文摘WHILE Chinese people were still happily celebrating the new Year of the Snake, China welcomed important peo- ple from an important organization on an important conti- nent. Invited by YangJiechi, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who was elected chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission last July, came to Beijing on February 14, the fourth day after the Chinese traditional Spring Festival, for a four-day visit. She also co-presided over the Fifth China-AU Strategic Dialogue with Yang the next day It was the South African woman's first time in China after being sworn in as head of the AU Commission.
文摘More than three decades after its implementation, the family planning policy in China has led to a swiftly aging society with a shrinking young population. Despite the launch of the two-child policy in 2015, there were 17.23 million births on the Chinese mainland in 2017, a decline of 630,000 over the previous year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. If this trend continues, a nosedive in births in the coming years will be inevitable.