An elementary school in Yimianpo is now a storage yard. The number of children in the town has dropped by half and there are ...

BEIJING (AP) — Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world’s major economies, in an effort to address its shrinking population and ...

China is raising its statutory retirement ages for the first time since establishing them seven decades ago as an ever-rising proportion of seniors pressures the country's pension systems. Newsweek ...

BEIJING — Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world's major economies, in an effort to address its shrinking population and ...

The move, made in the hope of addressing an aging population, was decidedly unpopular. By Vivian Wang Reporting from Beijing The Chinese government on Friday approved a plan to raise the country’s ...