China's Challenges
China's population is getting older, but its 'one child' policy means there are fewer children around to support their parents. How will the rural elderly, with no pensions to speak of, cope?
As the world watches China's rise, cracks are beginning to appear. Few outside the cities have a pension and the 'one child policy' has robbed many of their traditional means of support - a large family. As the population rapidly ages, Jonny Dymond asks Xiaobing Wang how China can square the circle?
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