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China: demographic changes and the aging challenge

Abstract

China is aging. Nowhere is the number of elderly rising so rapidly as in the Middle Kingdom. The numerous baby boomers are aging, and the generations that followed them have been thinned out, a process that has been exacerbated by the government’s family planning policy. ZENG YI, Distinguished Research Scholar at the MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH in Rostock, is studying the impending changes that the billion-strong nation faces, and what will promote a long, healthy life in China.