July 5, 2007
THE FATAL FLAW IN SOYLENT GREEN:
Ageing Chinese city promotes two-child policy (Reuters, 7/05/07)
Single-child families in the booming Chinese city of Guangzhou are being encouraged to have a second child to counter the social and economic problems of a rapidly ageing population, state media said on Thursday. [...]"If the ageing of the population continues, this will have a certain effect on social and economic development, and on employment and social security," Xinhua said, citing a report from Guangzhou's official family-planning agency.
By 2010, Guangzhou would be home to more than 1 million people over 60 years of age, but would only be able to accommodate 40,000 in aged care homes, the China Daily said in a separate report.
...is that the old wield political power. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 5, 2007 4:29 PM
Comments
Still confusing political power with speeches and majority votes, I see. Let us recall from whence political power grows over there.
Posted by: Lou Gots at July 5, 2007 6:15 PMold men
Posted by: oj at July 5, 2007 9:45 PMI've been waiting for China to announce a "one grandparent" policy to deal with the abundance of older Chinese.
Posted by: william james at July 6, 2007 9:18 PM