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China faces an aging society
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Updated: 2009-10-28 14:03

 

China faces an aging society
An old man reads a newspaper while he cares for a baby in a park in Zhengzhou, Henan province, March 20, 2009. With the rapid growth of the aging population, China faces challenges in the care of "empty-nest" parents, that is one or both parents living by themselves after the children have left the home.[CFP]