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July 01, 2006
China Ages Causing a Shortage of Cheap Labor
The New York Times describes Shanghai where workers are aging as a result of China's one-child policy in 1976.
"Twenty percent of this city's people are at least 60, the common retirement age for men in China, and retirees are easily the fastest growing segment of the population, with 100,000 new seniors added to the rolls each year."
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