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China’s ‘Two Sessions’: Key Issues for Regime’s Annual Parliamentary Meetings
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March 4, 2024
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ANALYSIS: China’s Aging Population Poses Unprecedented Challenges for the CCP
News Analysis China's aging population has become a major demographic challenge as the average age of the urban ...
December 22, 2023
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Grace Hsing
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Michael Zhuang
China’s Food Security in Crisis as Its Population Ages
Recent media reports on spring planting in China's Raohe County have drawn attention to the challenges faced by ...
April 25, 2023
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Anne Zhang
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Angela Bright
Officials Report China’s 1st Annual Population Fall in Decades, Economic Crisis Accompanied by COVID-19
China's population fell last year for the first time since the 1960s, according to Chinese officials, because of ...
January 17, 2023
BY
Naveen Athrappully
Over 45 Million Elderly Chinese Need Care Amid Deep Aging Trend
The number of elderly people who need care in China has exceeded 45 million and is expected to ...
December 1, 2022
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Shawn Lin
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Angela Bright
China to Delay Retirement Age in Bid to Ease Pension Fund Crisis: Experts
China plans to change the mandatory retirement age of its citizens, as part of efforts to alleviate its ...
March 1, 2022
BY
Ellen Wan
Key Issues About China’s Demographics Overlooked
Commentary After China announced the results of its seventh national census, various criticisms immediately followed, mostly focusing on ...
May 26, 2021
BY
He Qinglian
China’s Rapidly Shrinking Workforce Will Shake Up Its Status as the ‘World’s Factory’
China's labor market is undergoing structural changes, with a shrinking labor force and rising labor costs. Young people ...
May 20, 2021
BY
Gao Zitan
and
Luo Ya
CCP Signals to Fully Lift Restrictions on Birth Control as Population Crisis Looms
China's population is aging and the number of births has plummeted. The Central Bank of the Chinese Communist ...
April 23, 2021
BY
Winnie Han
China’s Insolvent State Pension Fund Allows Struggling Firms to Cut Contributions
News Analysis China’s massively unfunded public pension plan that was set to run out of cash in 2035 ...
April 8, 2020
BY
Chriss Street
China’s Birth Rate Lowest in 70 Years, Marriage Rate Also Declining
China’s birth rate has fallen to the lowest level since the communists took over China in 1949, and ...
January 21, 2020
BY
Olivia Li
China’s Pension Funds May Be Exhausted by 2035
China’s state pension will likely be exhausted by 2035, with a shrinking workforce and ever increasingly aged population, ...
April 16, 2019
BY
Olivia Li
New Report on China’s Aging Population Illustrates Severity of Economic Problem
China is experiencing a crisis with its aging population. On Jan. 26, Chinese Aging Well Association, a non-profit ...
February 5, 2019
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Olivia Li
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