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Chinese, Taiwanese Leaders Will Meet For First Time In More Than 60 Years

10:57pm November 03, 2015

by Elise Hu

The presidents plan to hold their historic session in Singapore. A Taiwanese spokesman said they would talk about improved relations, but wouldn't make any agreements.

The first twin-engine C919 passenger plane made by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China is pulled out of the company's hangar Monday during a ceremony near Shanghai.

China Unveils Its First Commercial Jet To Compete With Boeing, Airbus

11:40am November 02, 2015

by Jim Zarroli

Because of production delays, the single-aisle, twin-engine C919 won't be on the market until at least 2018.

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For China, Japan And S. Korea, Just Meeting Is An Accomplishment

8:22am October 31, 2015

by Elise Hu

Leaders of the three countries gather in Seoul to talk over trade potential and attempt to put aside longstanding tensions over history and territorial matters.

France is willing to give money to families that have more babies.

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Who Was The First To Try To Manipulate Birthrates? Not China!

6:32am October 31, 2015

by Nurith Aizenman

Credit (or blame) goes to France, which wanted more babies in the 19th century. Like most government plans to influence birthrate, it didn't quite work.

Models for children's wear wait for a show during China Fashion Week in Beijing on Thursday. China announced an end to the one-child policy for urban couples that had been place for more than three decades.

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As China Lifts One-Child Policy, Many Chinese Respond With Snark

6:24pm October 30, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

China declared success and will now allow couples to have two kids. Many saw the program as outdated and say families in all urbanizing countries have fewer kids regardless of government diktats.

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Faced with an aging population, China has eased its one-child policy. Here, an elderly man is seen holding a baby as he rides a bicycle in Beijing last month.

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One-Child No More: China Ends Decades-Old Restriction

8:01am October 29, 2015

by Bill Chappell

After more than 35 years, China has rescinded its law banning many families from having more than one child; all of them will now be allowed to have two.

China's state media explains its five-year development plan in a psychedelic video.

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WATCH: China's State Media Goes Psychedelic To Explain 5-Year Plan

11:53am October 27, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The video was produced by China's Animation Studio, which is known for producing clips for the Communist Party that are aimed at foreign audiences.

China Cuts Interest Rates By Quarter Of A Percentage Point

2:24pm October 23, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Faced with a slowing economy, China's central bank has cut its benchmark rate for deposits and loans by 0.25. It's the sixth time the bank has sliced rates since last November.

Arriving at a hospital seven hours' drive from his remote village in the mountains, former gold miner He Quangui is finally put in a ward. The doctors are puncturing his chest cavity with a needle to remove air that had escaped from his damaged lungs. In

What It's Like To Take Photos Of A Dying Man

3:14pm October 21, 2015

by Nadia Whitehead

Like millions of Chinese gold miners, He Quangui was stricken with the lung disease silicosis. At first he didn't want his story to be told, but over time he came to trust the photographer.

A Child Who Feels 'Left Behind' Can Still Get Ahead

3:03pm October 20, 2015

by Linda Poon

But the kid has to have a plan. That's the lesson from a study of rural Chinese children whose parents have left the village to work in faraway cities.