China's ageing millions look forward to bleak future
Beijing (AFP) July 24, 2014 - As she nears retirement along with millions of other Chinese, He Xiangying is too busy sending her son money and raising a stranger's child to worry about who will eventually look after her. The nanny's plan is to work until her health fails, then go back to her home village in the Chinese countryside and grow vegetables to save money. She holds out little hope of help from her jobless s ... more

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