Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
China’s rapid urbanisation has contributed to increased numbers of children and elderly left without carers in rural areas.
Asia’s social welfare systems remain underdeveloped and skewed in favour of particular groups, despite rising inequality, ageing populations, labour precarity and rural-urban migration.
Despite their economic ‘miracles’ most East Asian nations have fairly low levels of spending on welfare.
China is home to the largest population of older people in the world. How will it look after them?
在2022年10月召开的中国共产党第二十次全国代表大会上 …
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