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China Runs Out of Children

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Mar 05, 2010
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Much has been written about China's future demographic crisis, summed up by the words "China will get old before it gets rich." But it is seldom realized just how close China is to a tipping point – it is this year.

The workforce participation rate (percentage of the population aged 15-64 inclusive) peaks in 2010 at the astonishing level of 71.9 percent.…

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