China’s ruling party has been backed into an internal battle as unmarried women there clamour to have their eggs frozen, a practice that’s currently banned. But the population continues to drop at a dangerous pace because of a massive decrease in the birth rate. Which is more important to Xi Jinping: Control of the people? Or control of the population?Also: Tiktok is launching a feature aimed at reducing the amount of time children spent consuming its videos - but is it mere platitudes for a company trying to hide its more sinister goals?Roger Waters, the Pink Floyd singer, is being cancelled in Poland and Germany because he's a massive antisemite (by his own admission)And Wimbledon fears a leading royal could become the face of Russian propaganda if it backs away from its ban on Russian players taking part there this SummerYour daily round-up of the biggest stories from across the world, as seen through the eyes of the Times of London. You can hear more of these stories on Times Radio, and read more at thetimes.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.