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March 21, 2012 03:19 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/haqs1Rx0jfc/chinas-ageing-population-and.html
China's ageing population and the "demographic time-bomb"
I found Tania Branigan's Guardian article on China's coming demographic spasm really interesting. China's One Child policy means that there's a giant cohort of imminent retirees and a much smaller group of young adults of working age who'll have to support them. Combine that with the tradition (and law) of filial piety, which puts responsibility [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/haqs1Rx0jfc/chinas-ageing-population-and.html
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