The media has widely noted the drag on economic growth caused by population aging in Asia, Europe, and North America. Aging reduces the labor force participation rate, which in turn dampens GDP growth ...

In a recent study from Peking University Health Science Center, doctoral student Kang Ning and colleagues found that air ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Every Wednesday, retiree Zhang Zhili travels an hour by bus to an education center, drawn by the pulsing rhythms of the African drum she plays there in a classroom filled with fellow ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -China will "actively" respond to population aging with policies for its rapidly growing elderly and its young people, including providing childcare subsidies and making preschool ...

China is rapidly getting older. Three decades ago, only 5 percent of the population was over 65; today, 123 million people, or 9 percent of the population, are over this age. A report released by a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In order to address demographic challenges, China has announced the inclusion of humanoid robots in its elderly care services. The ...

Robots will play a growing role in caring for China's elderly, industry insiders say, as robotics firms move to tap into the country's expanding "silver economy." China, like the rest of East Asia, is ...

Some economists are worried that China’s aging population and debt-fueled, real estate–focused economic model are leading it toward “Japanification.” That’s jargon for a lengthy period of deflation, ...

China is planning to offer subsidy coupons to seniors in a rare use of direct fiscal support as Beijing seeks to ease the financial strain on its aging population and drive consumption of elderly-care ...

IQiyi founder Gong Yu also pointed to estimates that predict about one-fourth of China's population will be considered elderly in 2033. IQiyi is also tapping artificial intelligence tools for making ...