Taking it easy: Senior citizens playing a board game at a retirement facility in Beijing, China. The Beijing local government is planning a retirement service package that would provide services at home for 90% of the elderly by 2020. - EPA
The country with the most aged population is facing stiff challenges in providing services for the elderly.
AS THOSE of the post-1980 generation become the main breadwinners in China, one of the biggest questions is how the country will be able to support old people, who account for an ever-growing proportion of the population.
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