Chinese people will pay a 13% sales tax on contraceptives from 1 January, while childcare services will be exempt, as the ...

For many Chinese citizens, the move feels contradictory. The same state that is urging people to marry and have children is ...

Contraceptives are now subject to a 13 percent value-added tax, while services related to childcare and marriage are exempt.

Starting January 1, Beijing will impose a tax on contraceptives, risking limiting access to condoms in a country where 97% of ...

China’s latest population strategy is raising condoms’ cost to encourage more children, but citizens are mocking the policy ...

It’s a taxing time for sweethearts in China. After a 30-year exemption, the country is slapping a 13% sales tax on condoms, birth control pills and devices, hoping to boost its declining birth rates ...

FILE - A participant hugs a condom mascot during an event to promote awareness of HIV testing ahead of the Dec 1 World AIDS Day, in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File ...

China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over three decades, a move aligned with Beijing’s effort to get families to have more ...