China's retirement ages are among the lowest in the world and had remained unchanged since they were set in the 1950s. The statutory retirement age for both men and women will be gradually ...

BEIJING — From drones to drugs, House lawmakers sought to portray themselves as tough on China as they returned to work this week, taking up more than two dozen measures aimed at countering ...

China has established three pivotal 6G technological standards under the auspices of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), marking a significant advance in setting the international ...

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a senior research fellow at Victoria University in Australia who studies China's population and its ties to the economy. The previous retirement ages were set in the 1950's, when life expectancy ...

Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. China’s industrial output and retail sales faltered in August as the economy lost momentum, adding to ...

China has introduced three crucial 6G technology standards through the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), marking a major step forward in shaping the global framework for future ...

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis declared Friday that China was “a promise and a hope” for the Catholic Church, offering extensive praise for Beijing at the end of a four-nation tour ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis holds a news conference aboard the papal plane on his flight back after his 12-day journey ...

The previous retirement ages were set in the 1950s, when life expectancy was only around 40 years, Mr Peng said. In 2022, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported that for the first time the ...

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China will raise the retirement age for the first time since 1978, a move that could stem a decline in the labor force but risk angering workers already wrestling with a slowing economy. Top ...