A blog series in-progress at Asia HealthCare Blog (Part 1, Part 2) provides an introduction to the current state of China’s rural, elderly population, and includes interesting details like this:
Population composition in rural China is unnaturally skewed due to internal migration, resulting in the majority of rural peoples being women, children or the elderly. The rural population is sometimes referred to as the ‘38-61-99 Army’.
March 8th (38): Women’s Day
June 1st (61): Children’s Day
September 9th (99): The day of honouring the elderly in China
Canada:
China:
Taiwan:
The States:
Brazil:
UK:
