China’s Extreme Floods and Heat Ravage Farms and Kill Animals China’s leader has made it a national priority to ensure the country can feed its large population. But weather shocks have disrupted wheat harvests and threatened pig and fish farming.
In China, Marriage Rates Are Down and ‘Bride Prices’ Are Up China’s one-child policy has led to too few women. Grooms are now paying more money for wives, in a tradition that has faced growing resistance.
China’s Covid Surge Threatens Villages as Lunar New Year Approaches Millions are expected to travel home this month, spreading Covid to rural communities where health care services are woefully underdeveloped.