World population

China Arrests Over Illegal Network Determining Baby Gender

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Police in China have detained 75 people in connection with a widespread network that illegally determined the gender of unborn babies. The illegal service – aimed at expectant parents wanting male children – smuggled fetal blood samples to Hong Kong for gender testing, officials say. It operated across much of China and brought in $30m … Read more

India’s Population Will Soon Be Bigger Than China’s

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By 2022, India’s population will have overtaken China’s to become the largest in the world, according to a United Nations report. As the world’s two most populous nations, China and India already have well over 1 billion people each. But while China’s population is forecast to level out in the 2020s at around 1.4 billion, India’s … Read more