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Latest items for China

Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Albania, Brunei, China, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

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April 9, 2024, 10:14 p.m.
Countries: China, France, Germany, South Korea, United Kingdom
Variables: LRW-LAW-1

"The age of consent is 16 in Britain and South Korea, 15 in France, and 14 in Germany and China" (para 5).
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Chad, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Libya, Nicaragua, North Korea, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, the People's Republic of China ranks as a Tier 3 country (85).
March 11, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Yes selling sex is illegal, not under the criminal law but under administrative law. Working as a sex worker while living with HIV or while having an STI is also a criminal offence. Is buying sex criminalised? Yes - buying sex is illegal, also as an administrative offence. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes - it is offence under criminal law to organise or profit from sex work, this law also applies to people such as managers of hotels, restaurants, bars and taxi companies who are involved in organising." (para 1-3).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in China who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 19 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in China was 23 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in China is 61.1% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in China is 81 years for women and 75 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in China is 74.7 years for men and 80.5 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-2

"Fewer young Chinese people are getting married" (pp 13).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: MABFC-DATA-1

"Fewer young Chinese people are getting married, and those who do are having children at a much older age, or not at all" (pp 13).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ISTD-PRACTICE-1

"Fong noted the one-child policy also exacerbated a traditional preference for male children, leading to a huge gender gap" (pp 16).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: GIC-LAW-1

"[T]he lack of social welfare provisions for families such as free or low-cost childcare [are factors behind low fertility]" (pp 12). "The government has tried to address some of the social complaints with new policies on tax deductions, childcare, parental leave, and the costs associated with raising children. It banned the $1bn private tutoring industry to improve study-life balance and assist parents who couldn’t afford the growing competition" (pp 19).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1

"Forced abortions, sterilisations, the use of intrauterine contraceptive devices as well as hefty financial penalties left physical and emotional scars on millions of women" (pp 6). "[There are] policy directives to discourage abortions" (pp 20).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: AFE-PRACTICE-1

"[The government] banned the $1bn private tutoring industry to improve study-life balance and assist parents who couldn’t afford the growing competition" (pp 19).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ATDW-LAW-1

"[There is a] mandatory 'cooling off' periods for divorces" (pp 20).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"China is left with one of the lowest birthrates in the world" (pp 7). "In 2016, China reported 18.46 million births – just 1.4 million higher than the average number of births in the previous five years… Annual births continued to drop thereafter: from 17.23 million in 2017 to 15.23 million in 2018, 14.65 million in 2019, 12 million in 2020, then to 10.62 million in 2021" (pp 9). "In the 1970s, the total fertility rate (births per woman) fell from 5.8 in 1970 to 2.75 in 1979… [S]ince the 1990s, it has declined to below the replacement level. The 2010 and 2020 censuses yielded total fertility rates of 1.18...more
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-1

"[I]n 2013[,] couples [were allowed] to have two children if one of the spouses was an only child. In late 2015, the authorities announced all married couples could legally have two children" (pp 8). "The authorities further eased the birth limit in 2021, raising it to three children per couple" (pp 9).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: CWC-DATA-2, CWC-DATA-4

"Inequitable healthcare access remains a huge issue in China, particularly for rural-living and migrant women" (pp 21). These women lack access to healthcare (MV-coder comment).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: CL-PRACTICE-2

"[S]he says the cost of bringing up her son on top of caring for her elderly parents and those of her husband were her main concerns" (pp 4). She cared for her parents because she is an only child. She probably would not have to care for them if she had a brother (MV- coder comment).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: FSCB-PRACTICE-1

"Forced abortions, sterilisations, the use of intrauterine contraceptive devices as well as hefty financial penalties left physical and emotional scars on millions of women" (pp 6).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-2

"Forced abortions, sterilisations, the use of intrauterine contraceptive devices as well as hefty financial penalties left physical and emotional scars on millions of women" (pp 6). They are penalized for not using contraceptive when they conceive more than the required amount of children (MV-coder comment).
Dec. 5, 2023, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-DATA-4

"[T]he regular class suspensions [of her child] meant she could not work full-time" (pp 5).
Nov. 28, 2023, 1:28 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: BR-PRACTICE-2

"An online post about a newlywed in China, who was rung up by her local government asking if she was pregnant… [M]any netizens saying they had experienced similar calls" (pp 1). "'You are married, why are you still not preparing for pregnancy? Take the time to have a baby,' she said she was told" (pp 13).