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Area chart titled "China's Fertility Rate Plummets" with subtitle "Despite recent policy changes, couples in China continue to have fewer children." The x-axis shows years from 1960 to 2025, and the y-axis shows births per woman, ranging from 0 to 8. The chart shows a sharp decline in fertility rate from over 7 births per woman in the early 1960s to under 2 in recent years. Despite these changes, the fertility rate continues to decline. Source: Think Global Health/CFR/Allison Krugman, data from World Bank.

China's Failing Bid to Reverse Population Decline

by Susan Kreimer

China's policies to combat population decline have struggled to address gender inequality and the cost of living

Governance
A worker uses a planter to plant corn seed in a village near the edge of the Gobi Desert, on the outskirts of Wuwei, Gansu province, China, on April 14, 2021.

China's Integrated Policies on Climate Change and Health

by Chunhong Sheng, Jiyong Jin

China is addressing health threats that climate change poses but faces challenges that require policy reforms

Ranking of seafood exporters to the United States
Trade

The Hidden Health Penalty of Seafood Tariffs

by Martin D. Smith

President Donald Trump's tariffs will raise seafood prices, which could undermine cardiovascular health

A horizontal bar chart titled "Chinese Development Assistance to Gavi Transition Countries." The chart lists twelve countries with corresponding aid amounts in descending order: Bangladesh ($19.6B), Lao People's Democratic Republic ($18.2B), Kenya ($11B), Nigeria ($10.5B), Ghana ($7.3B), Papua New Guinea ($6.9B), Congo ($6.8B), Ivory Coast ($6.8B), Djibouti ($1.9B), Solomon Islands ($99M), and Sao Tome and Principe ($37M). Country flags are shown next to each name. The source is Think Global Health.
Trade

U.S. Retreat from Gavi Cedes Influence to China's Vaccine Suppliers

by Prashant Yadav, Chloe Searchinger

The loss of U.S. funding could leave Gavi with three options to downsize its operations

A technician loads a robotic DNA sample automation machine, at a Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. Laboratory, in Tarrytown, New York, on March 24, 2015.
Governance

The United States Risks Losing Its Edge in Life Sciences Innovation

by Snehal A. Patel

China's life sciences sector benefits from streamlined regulations, proactive government policies, and strategic focus

A line graph titled "Egg Prices Surge in the United States" showing the historical trend of egg prices from 1980 to 2025. The average cost of a dozen large grade A eggs is $5.89 as of March 12, 2025
Food

U.S. Egg Prices See Largest Jump Since 1980 as Bird Flu Outbreaks Continue

by Nsikan Akpan

A new version of H5N1 influenza continues to pound poultry, but price relief could be on the way

U.S. President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping pose for a photo ahead of their bilateral meeting during the G20 leaders' summit, in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019.
Governance

U.S. WHO Exit Could Expand China's Influence

by Yanzhong Huang

Donald Trump's executive order could inadvertently pave the way for China to reshape global health governance

China's President Xi Jinping attends the G20 summit.
Governance

China's Foreign Policy and Global Health Leadership

by Jiyong Jin

Chinese health diplomacy has made progress, but challenges to China's aspirations to be a leader in global health remain

An elderly man uses a magnifier to see the descriptions on a pack of medicine at a pharmacy.
Governance

China's Role in Global Antimicrobial Resistance

by Charlotte Bull

How the world's largest producer of antibiotics can address drug resistance

An employee works on the production line of CanSino Biologics Inc's single-dose vaccine against COVID-19.
Governance

U.S. Disinformation Plan Put Geopolitics Above Global Health

by David P. Fidler

Covert U.S. information operations during COVID-19 expose the dangers that global health faces when rival powers compete

A man wearing a protective mask is seen among people at a crowded market amid the spread of COVID-19.
Governance

Inside the Global Burden of Disease Study

IHME Director Christopher Murray recounts the study's role in shaping global policy and how collaborators overcame COVID

A guard stands at the gate of the Shanghai Public Clinical Center Shanghai, where the coronavirus patients are quarantined, in Shanghai, China February 17, 2020.
Governance

A Virus Hunter's Struggle for Respect in Post-COVID China

by Yanzhong Huang

Zhang Yongzhen's recent ordeal is an interplay of personal, cultural, institutional, and political factors

Doctor Li Tongqiang walks along a road through the village of Jianhua.
Poverty

China's Emerging Welfare Crisis

by Yanzhong Huang

Signs are surfacing of an impending crisis in the country's medical insurance system

People pass by portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping and late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong.
Governance

The Shadow of China's Lockdown Remains

by Ian Johnson

Four years after China locked down Wuhan, the country is still feeling the aftershocks