Blog Tag - population

From One Child to None: Beijing's Birth Rate Drops Below Death Rate
Official data released on Tuesday (Mar 21) shows Beijing's death rate in 2022 surpassed the city's birth rate, causing the city's natural population...
China's Birthrate Continues to Fall Despite Policy Changes
In early 2017, our sister publication beijingkids expressed some doubt as to whether the easing of the one-child policy was leading to the surge in...
Beijingers Are Second Tallest in Nation
According to a new report which lists the average height rankings for both men and women from each province in China, Beijingers place second tallest...
Throwback Thursday: Every Day is a Population Party in Overcrowded Beijing
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
Say Goodbye to Your Favorite Wholesale Market
Say goodbye to your favorite wholesale market. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, authorities aim to get rid of all wholesale markets...
Beijing Wants to Limit Population Growth, Seeks 2020 Cap
Despite China's one-child policy having officially ended and the first babies of a new boom expected later this year, Beijing will seek to keep its...
Beijing Seeks to Cap Population at 23 Million by 2020
In 2014, Beijing's population grew by only a few hundred thousand. If the municipal government has its way, it will hold that growth rate to for the...
Beijing's Population Approaches Zero Growth
The official population of Beijing grew by only 368,000 people in 2014, as government officials claimed credit for keeping the city's growth under...
Beijing to Limit Population Growth with Muddled Approach in 2015
Beijing officials have put forward a confusing plan to control the city's population in 2015. Controlling population is seen as a key factor in...
Community Matters: Beijing is Trying to Curb Migration
Check out this informative report from Bloomberg about Beijing's failing clampdown on people migrating to the capital at alarming speeds. Beijing...
8 Wholesale Markets to Be Moved Out of Beijing's 'Downtown'
  In December we initially blogged about Beijing's famed mansion for mayhem and cheap clothes, the Zoo Market, would be relocated to an undisclosed...
Beijing Population Officially Reaches 21.5 Million; Mulls Relocation Program
The population of our fair city officially reached 21.5 million in 2013, the Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday. More than one-third of the city's...
News You Might Have Missed: Seven Billion and Counting
Populations are exploding – seven billion on the planet, 20 million in Beijing, and over five million cars on the city’s streets. With numbers like...
Making Sense of the Census
The results of last fall's Sixth National Census have been released and The People's Daily reports "China has put its excessive population growth...