Government looks to raise retirement age
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After decades of the one-child policy, the country’s population is aging rapidly.
With the rising number of oldsters, Beijing needs to address a looming labor shortage.
Some context: China’s working age population is predicted to decrease from more than 900 million in 2011 to about 700 m...