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China Is Getting Older

    Visitors to China remark on it. Elderly everywhere - many in wheelchairs pushed by attendants, but even more exercising at parks in the morning, dancing in public squares at night. The high profile of seniors here leads to the... ...full story at China Expat

from China Expat on Thu, Feb 19 2009

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