Asia's governments think people not having sex or dating may be tanking their birth rates. That's not the full picture.

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Hospital staff attending to new born babies in the nursery ward of the Hospital in Misato city, Saitama prefecture on February 1, 2014.
Cities like Tokyo and Seoul have turned to radical ideas like launching a dating app and giving people money to reverse their vasectomies in order to bolster their declining birth rates.

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Apple just got another iPhone China warning ahead of results

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A customer tries out Huawei Mate 60 smartphone at a Huawei flagship store on September 4, 2023 in Shanghai, China.
The Huawei Mate 60 rivals the latest iPhone.

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China says Taiwanese working in the mainland 'need not worry' after it suggested a death penalty for 'independence die-hards'

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A Taiwanese noodle shop employee works next to a window bearing the Taiwanese flag.
China has said that Taiwanese workers in the mainland "need not worry" after it floated the death penalty and harsh prison sentences for "diehard" supporters of the island's independence.

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Retiring at 50 has long been a guarantee for parts of China's working class — until now

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Photo illustration of retirement.

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Inside the deadly hunt for "blood jade" marred by heroin and violence

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Myanmar's Kachin State is believed to hold up to 90% of the world's most valuable jade. Demand for it is growing in China, where the stone is considered sacred.

The luxury outlook in China just keeps getting worse

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Dior Hong Kong
China's luxury sales are tumbling as wary consumers spend less at home and more in Japan.

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LVMH is waiting for China's consumers to shop at home

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Customers are lined up outside a Louis Vuitton store.
Louis Vuitton stores in China have lost ground to their Japanese counterparts from a weaker yen.

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China released a 22,000-character plan for its economy that doesn't say very much

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping smiling.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

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Japan is fast becoming the hottest market for luxury brands

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Tourists are flocking to Japan to take advantage of its currency downturn, buying luxury goods for less.

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China just made another audacious bid to challenge the US as a key Middle East power broker

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China and Palestinians
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi brokered a truce between Mahmoud al-Aloul, a leader of the Palestinian group Fatah and Mussa Abu Marzuk, a leader of Hamas, in July 2024.

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