{"id":136979,"date":"2024-12-14T15:22:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T08:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136979"},"modified":"2024-12-14T15:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T08:22:45","slug":"chinas-ageing-population-can-the-country-afford-to-grow-old-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136979","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s ageing population: Can the country afford to grow old? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v_JjMQokGc8?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>China&#8217;s leaders are trying to find ways to battle what many economists have described as a demographic ticking time bomb.<\/p>\n<p>A slowing economy, shrinking government benefits and a decades-long one-child policy have created a creeping demographic crisis in Xi Jinping&#8217;s China.<\/p>\n<p>The pension pot is running dry and the country is running out of time to build enough of a fund to care for the growing number of elderly.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next decade, about 300 million people, who are currently aged 50 to 60, are set to leave the Chinese workforce. <\/p>\n<p>So can China afford to grow old?<\/p>\n<p>Read more on the BBC News website: https:\/\/bbc.in\/4aH8Zhw<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v_JjMQokGc8\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s leaders are trying to find ways to battle what many economists have described as a demographic ticking time bomb. A slowing economy, shrinking government benefits and a decades-long one-child &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136979\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}