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China Eyes Minimum Wage Boost As Part Of Jobs Plan

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2012

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BEIJING, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The annual average growth of China's minimum wages should be at least 13 percent in the five years to 2015, according to ...

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China Elderly Population Tops 100 Million

Economic Observer/Worldcrunch | Staff Reports | Posted 10.26.2011

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BEIJING -- Proof is multiplying that China is aging at an alarming pace. If measured by international standards, China has been an aging society sinc...

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China's Online Population Boom

AP | Posted 09.18.2011

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(AP/The Huffington Post) BEIJING -- China's online population soared to 485 million as of the end of June as use of mobile phones to surf the Web spre...

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Chinese President Pledges To Maintain One-Child Policy

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 06.27.2011

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BEIJING — China's population is aging rapidly, with half the people now living in cities, the government said Thursday. The data from a nationa...

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Census Reveals Percentage Of World Population That Is Indian

The Guardian | Jason Burke | Posted 05.31.2011

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The first results from India's latest census -- the second biggest in the world -- were released on Thursday, revealing that the country has added 181...

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World's Biggest Census Begins In China

AP | CHI-CHI ZHANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China kicked off a once-a-decade census Monday, a whirlwind 10-day head count that sees 6 million census takers scrutinize apartment b...

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REVEALED: 17 Mind-Blowing Facts About China

Business Insider | Gus Lubin | Posted 05.25.2011

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For all the crazy stories you've heard about China, the world's biggest country is going to keep blowing your mind. The speed and size of economic ...

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Not So "World-ly" Expo 2010

Fang Wu | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Skype was developed in Estonia." I recited this newly acquired knowledge like a mantra in search for my inner calmness, as I moved in ant speed along...

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China Abortions Pass 13M, Prompting Critique Of Sex Ed Programs

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China performs more abortions than any other country in the world, about 13 million a year, mostly for young single women who aren't u...

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Shanghai Tells Couples: Please Have 2 Kids

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — Family planning officials in Shanghai are making home visits and slipping leaflets under doorways to encourage certain residents to ha...

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China's Population Laws Threaten Baby Girls, Favor Boys

AP | ALEXA OLESEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China has 32 million more young men than young women _ a gender gap that could lead to increasing crime _ because parents facing stric...

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