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>"Incomes are low in small-town Tennessee, but so is the cost of living. That attraction could be a key to reviving many rural areas."
>"Incomes are low in small-town Tennessee, but so is the cost of living. That attraction could be a key to reviving many rural areas."
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"Attributing Australia’s economic success to closed borders runs the risk of leaving us with the wrong lesson the next time the things turn down."
"Attributing Australia’s economic success to closed borders runs the risk of leaving us with the wrong lesson the next time the things turn down."
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"Yihuang county in Jiangxi province is offering women a host of sweeteners to encourage them to marry, the latest effort by a local government to address China’s declining birth rate."
"Yihuang county in Jiangxi province is offering women a host of sweeteners to encourage them to marry, the latest effort by a local government to address China’s declining birth rate."
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"Mainland China’s population increased to 1.4126 billion last year, while Chinese mothers gave birth to 10.62 million babies, marking an 11.5 per cent decline from 2020, data released on Monday showed."
"Mainland China’s population increased to 1.4126 billion last year, while Chinese mothers gave birth to 10.62 million babies, marking an 11.5 per cent decline from 2020, data released on Monday showed."
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>"Annual data will show whether China’s number of births and birth rate hit record lows in 2021, and will give breakdowns in terms of age, gender and residence."
>"Annual data will show whether China’s number of births and birth rate hit record lows in 2021, and will give breakdowns in terms of age, gender and residence."
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"Controversial comments by Ren Zeping suggest that women in their mid- to late-forties can be incentivised to have more children, but demographers and state media warn of health and inflation risks."
"Controversial comments by Ren Zeping suggest that women in their mid- to late-forties can be incentivised to have more children, but demographers and state media warn of health and inflation risks."
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>"From financial incentives to grandparenting classes, authorities in China are rolling out a variety of measures to address the nation’s tumbling fertility rate."
>"From financial incentives to grandparenting classes, authorities in China are rolling out a variety of measures to address the nation’s tumbling fertility rate."
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"Compared to developed countries grappling with an ageing population, China is not equipped with a comprehensive welfare system. Many older people are finding they cannot afford to retire."
"Compared to developed countries grappling with an ageing population, China is not equipped with a comprehensive welfare system. Many older people are finding they cannot afford to retire."
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"New guidelines set out to rectify an ‘unbalanced and inadequate development’ of industries and policies that cater to the elderly, and that includes internet-related services."
"New guidelines set out to rectify an ‘unbalanced and inadequate development’ of industries and policies that cater to the elderly, and that includes internet-related services."
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"In the past, a higher fertility rate in China’s rural areas compensated for a low rate in its cities – but demographers say that is no longer the case."
"In the past, a higher fertility rate in China’s rural areas compensated for a low rate in its cities – but demographers say that is no longer the case."
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"China is dealing with high levels of debt, an aging population, a hostile US, and even the potential for a financial crisis. Sound familiar?"
"China is dealing with high levels of debt, an aging population, a hostile US, and even the potential for a financial crisis. Sound familiar?"
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"The COVID-19 crisis has brought Japan's ballooning public debt into sharper focus."
"The COVID-19 crisis has brought Japan's ballooning public debt into sharper focus."
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"With an ageing population, pandemic recovery and climate emergency in the in-tray, social care is not the only thing the chancellor has to finance."
"With an ageing population, pandemic recovery and climate emergency in the in-tray, social care is not the only thing the chancellor has to finance."
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"Faced with new global demographic, inflation and deglobalisation challenges that even “Japan has never really faced”, China should take swift actions to counter their possible negative effects, a senior economist and author has urged."
"Faced with new global demographic, inflation and deglobalisation challenges that even “Japan has never really faced”, China should take swift actions to counter their possible negative effects, a senior economist and author has urged."