Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.
中國是澳大利亞的主要貿易夥伴 …
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?
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