Chinese pensions facing "demographic time bomb"- DB

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CHINA - The Chinese pension system is faced with a "demographic time bomb" and requires urgent reform if a crisis is to be avoided, a report from Deutsche Bank (DB) has found.

China is saddled with a rapidly aging work force, expected to peak between now and 2010, who are at a very low income level. Worsening the problem is the fact that the pension system was burdened b...

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