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Mass forced evictions are also often linked to climate and environmental harms. In Lahore, the state has forcibly acquired tens of thousands of acres of farmland and replaced it with concrete structures, which exacerbate soil erosion and flooding, and magnify extreme heat. In 2020, after torrential rains caused widespread urban flooding in Karachi, municipal authorities blamed informal settlements for blocking stormwater channels, and demolished thousands of homes ostensibly to prevent future

Ma Jiantang, former party secretary at the Development Research Centre of the State Council, said China's workforce shrank by 60 million over the past 12 years.

China hopes to offset labour shortfalls, demographic decline with smart manufacturing and advanced technology.

As China’s population continues its steady decline, experts have offered several suggestions for how to arrest the slide – but nearly all agree a cautious and systematic approach carries the best chances for success.

The assertion that men are from Mars and women from Venus has long been derided as a trivialisation of complex biology. Scientists have argued for decades over whether the well-known stereotypes of men being bad at multitasking, and women being more nurturing and better communicators, reflect innate biology or if they’re more a consequence of social norms and expectations.

From bone mass to the behaviour of certain brain regions, research suggests gender has a big impact on our health and how we live

There will be much stricter sanctions for companies that understate their emissions, according to the new regulations

China’s population is expected to plunge by 20 million to 1.39 billion by 2035, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), after it suffered a second consecutive annual decline in 2023.

Chinas practices in photovoltaic agriculture stood out as a promising solution to climate change challenges at COP28 last year

China’s crucial middle class, an oft-cited group of 400 million, may shrink in the absence of a strong economic recovery.