Elderly women in Qinghai

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-10-27 14:24

Women stand inside a beadhouse, a home for the elderly, in Xining, capital of northwestern China's Qinghai province October 26, 2006. China will have 174 million senior citizens aged over 60 in 2010, or 12.78 percent of the entire population, according to a document on the aging population published in September, Xinhua News Agency reported. Picture taken October 26, 2006. [Reuters]


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