An uptick in the number of new marriages in 2023 is likely a only temporary blip rather than a long-term change from China's steady transition to a rapidly aging society.

As China turns the page from its reform era, the Chinese Communist Party's official discourse increasingly references the country's imperial past. 

Unfounded assumptions about a future rebound in national fertility rates weaken Chinese policymakers' ability to properly address the challenges posed by rapid demographic change.

A pivot away from a decade-long effort at judicial transparency is the latest reflection of how China's information ecosystem is becoming even more of a black box.

Both China and India aspire for the role, but it is not clear if nations that belong to the group see either of them as a benign leader or their champion