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Recently published census data showing that the world’s most populous country is aging rapidly and becoming less fertile have alarmed the government. But further relaxing China’s family-planning policy may not have the desired effect, and could even prove counterproductive.
Image: Shutterstock Worries over climate change are putting a third of 18-24 year olds off having kids altogether or having fewer children. A new poll, conducted by campaign charity Population Matters, finds among 25-34 year-olds, approximately a quarter have the same views too. The survey of 4,177 adults also shows almost 81% of 18-24 year-old respondents in the poll are currently childfree. Population Matters director Robin Maynard said: “The landscape of parenting is changing fast and young people face personal and global considerations their parents never did.” If you enjoyed this s...
Readers respond to an article by Polly Toynbee about population decline ‘Would it be so disastrous for it to fall back to something approaching the population level of our grandparents’ era?’ asks Kathleen Roberts. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images ‘Would it be so disastrous for it to fall back to something approaching the population level of our grandparents’ era?’ asks Kathleen Roberts. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images Letters Wed 21 Apr 2021 13.15 EDT Last modified on Wed 21 Apr 2021 14.03 EDT Polly Toynbee’s view of our demographic changes is disappointing...
SEARCY, Ark. (Feb. 10, 2021) – Dr. Robert C. Walker, chairman of the Harding University board of trustees, has appointed a presidential search committee to identify and recommend the University’s next president. CarterBaldwin, an executive search firm, has been hired to assist the board and the committee with the search process. “We are conducting a nationwide search for a president that will lead Harding University in its vision as a Christ-centered institution of higher education,” said Walker. “We are searching for a mature member of the church of Christ who is led by the word ...
Carrier Plant Is Bustling, but Workers Are Wary as Trump Exits The president championed an Indiana factory facing a shutdown four years ago. Hundreds of jobs were kept, and overtime abounds. Can the revival last? Less than a month after President Trump’s victory in 2016, he worked out a deal to keep to keep the Carrier plant in Indianapolis open.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times Dec. 18, 2020 For the workers fortunate enough to remain employed at Carrier’s Indianapolis factory, which Donald Trump singled out as a symbol of American manufacturing distress in 2016, these should be the ...