With domestic sales shrinking, manufacturers are working to develop new streams of revenue — whether that involves offering products for adults, or boosting sales overseas.
Concerned about China's first population drop in six decades, government advisers have proposed that single and unmarried women should have access to egg freezing and IVF treatment.
Who takes care of the elderly in China, where pensions are tiny, is one of the major headaches policymakers face as they deal with the start of a demographic downturn.
As China's 1.4 billion population declines and ages, in part because of a policy that limited couples to one child from 1980 to 2015, pressure on pension budgets is soaring.
Hong Kong and Macao both followed China's "zero-COVID" policy for much of the past three years.
Casinos have committed to investing a total of $15 billion in the coming decade, 90% of which must be spent on nongaming.
The abrupt shift has left the nation scrambling to avert a collapse of its public health system.
Xi's decade in power has seen the number of women in politics and elite government roles decline and gender gaps in the workforce widen, academics and activists say.
Medical experts fear for teenagers and young adults, who are more vulnerable due to their age and lack of control over their lives.
Strict controls on people's lives may have caused profound damage on their desire to have children, demographers say.
