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China's retirement crisis is here, and Beijing will be forced to keep raising the retirement age, demographer says
People 60 years and older are expected to make up nearly half of China's population by 2050, accord…
Jennifer Sor
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President Biden says China's economy is a 'ticking time bomb' amid growth and demographic issues
"They've got some problems. That's not good because when bad folks have problems, they do bad thing…
Jennifer Sor
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A local government in China faked signatures on nearly 2,000 traffic tickets amid a $10 trillion debt time bomb
The transport bureau of She County in Hebei province faked signatures and fingerprints on 1,964 of …
Huileng Tan
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The demographic time bomb hit Italy so hard that a kindergarten turned into a nursing home - and it's a sign of changes to come
Fertility rates have declined around the world, and Capracotta, a small town in Italy, is already f…
Kelsie Sandoval,Anna Medaris …
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Plummeting sperm counts are threatening the future of human existence, and plastics could be to blame
Fertility researcher Shanna Swan found harmful environmental factors are physiologically changing f…
Julia Naftulin
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Japan is taking extreme measures to defuse its demographic time bomb
Japan, which is hosting its first ever G20 Summit in Osaka this month, also has an extreme work cul…
Hillary Hoffower
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10 countries at risk of becoming demographic time bombs
All around the world, countries are seeing dwindling birth rates and rising life expectancy. Aging …
Peter Kotecki
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The sharp decline in global fertility rates may lead to a demographic time bomb, with some populations expected to halve by 2100
In a new study out of the Lancet, researchers predict nearly every country's population will shrink…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Singapore is on the brink of a 'demographic time bomb'
"The demographic time bomb only starts ticking in 2018 - it does not mean that it will explode yet,…
Chris Weller
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Putin is once again telling Russians to have more babies, and this time he's saying ethnic survival is at stake
Some 150,000 to 190,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war against Ukraine. An…
Huileng Tan
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The US birth rate has fallen to the lowest in 35 years, and experts worry we could face a 'demographic time bomb'
The number of babies born in the US in 2019 was the lowest in 35 years, leading again to fears the …
Anna Medaris Miller
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The US birth rate hit another record low in 2019. Experts fear we're facing a 'demographic time bomb' that could be fast-tracked by the pandemic.
The US birth rate declined 1% between 2018 and 2019, hitting a 35-year low. The trend is a part of …
Anna Medaris Miller
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7 countries at risk of becoming 'demographic time bombs'
The country's population is falling faster than ever before, and it's prompted economists to call t…
Chris Weller
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Japan is reversing a dangerous demographic time bomb - but now the US is in the danger zone
Among US adults ages 20 to 45 who do want kids, their number one reason for having fewer babies, or…
Hilary Brueck
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American cities are so expensive that they could increase the risk of a 'demographic time bomb'
After calculating median home value growth percentages across 214 US counties from 2010 to 2016, Zi…
Leanna Garfield,Samantha Lee
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Japan's demographic time bomb is a bad omen for the US
A tightening set of immigration policies could change that approach, however, and to great detrimen…
Chris Weller
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Hong Kong could become the next 'demographic time bomb'
The imbalance is mainly due to men seeking women up north, in mainland China, as the women there ar…
Chris Weller
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Drive-thru funerals are the latest side effect of Japan's 'demographic time bomb'
In 2014, a Michigan funeral home tested out the idea, also for mourners with disabilities. When dri…
Chris Weller
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8 crazy ways Japan is coping with its demographic time bomb
Japan's demographic time bomb has forced the country to get creative in how it stays afloat in the …