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Raising the retirement age won’t defuse China’s demographic time bomb – but mass immigration might

  • Written by Dudley L. Poston Jr., Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
Raising the retirement age won’t defuse China’s demographic time bomb – but mass immigration mightNot boxing clever? Is there a better solution to China's aging population?Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese workers may soon have to work just a little bit longer.

In late July 2024, China’s ruling Communist Party adopted a resolution that would see the country’s statutory retirement age gradually rise over the next five years.

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