China struggles to care for ageing population after decades of one-child policy • FRANCE 24
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 เม.ย. 2024
- With China set to have 400 million elderly people by 2035, authorities are trying to figure out how to take care of them. Family structures were transformed with the now defunct one-child policy. Even now, the birth rate continues to plummet. With the state pension fund drying up and less than one grandchild for four grandparents, who will take care of China's elders? FRANCE 24's Yena Lee and Katherina Tse report.
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If the elders are struggling now, imagine following generations, you will see chaos (not just China but worldwide)
Shut up you don't know
Too expensive to have a family, and take care of elderly people
I live in Finland, and I has no childrend who take care of me.
I took care of my ailing parents, but now I'm alone at age 70. I must say, I'm scared to get older.
This is a global problem.
I am 60 and live in South Africa. I also live alone - I completely understand your situation
Very correct. Aging population with no one to care and lack financial resources is a problem across all countries.
Adopt someone who can help you at least
Im 60 and still nowhere near able to retire. Financially Im still 5-10 years away. Social Security at 65 is only about 1/2 of what I need. Recent inflation has really put the scare in me. Living alone is not a problem for me at all. I love it.
@@daniyalbbd5281 it's easy to say than do, my aunt had lost her husband and two children also lived alone, very pathetic, i strongly suggest her to adopt someone in our kinsmen to take care her oneday but she is just annoyed and violated. then i never say it anymore.
The policy of Chinese aging care is totally unsustainable, the retiring age is too low and the pension is too high. And it totally relys on young generation’s contribution. With the Chinese population structure collapses, the policy will also fall down eventually .
we get it, ur a facist.
So far we here in China have done better than most Western countries for our elderlies. This video article was caring and hopeful. Most Western articles about China are condescending and patronising. There are challenges and difficulties that we face with an ageing population, but I have confidence in teh future here.
Just like America.
To be fair, many countries are confronted with the challenges posed by an ageing population and declining fertility, not only China.
True but not many countries have an extreme 996 work mentality which further decreases fertility.
If China continues it will end in disaster faster. South Korea's fertility is down to 0.8and falling , China's is at 1.16 and falling
Here in the US elderly care is like living in hell.
Living on the streets.
After my parents bought us to America 1981 my parents end up having a total of 8 boys and 3 girls. My father was an only son and orphan from a young age so he always wanted a large family. Today I am almost 50 I have 6 children and zero grandkids. I will b lucky if I even get one grandchild by the time I hit 70. The point is even our large family has become so little now. My kids are not dating or in any relationship (same as most all of my siblings). It is troublesome to think of old age and no one around but I worry more about my kids that they have no children at all.
Bless this daughter too. x
France also struggles to care for aging population. If you have been around the world. It is basically the same.
All countries are, the difference is that China's elderly population is astronomical. As someone who lives in China and has done for the past 12 years, I have witnessed a massive reduction of women who appear pregnant. Even my Chinese friends say this.
@@garywoodgrw The same could be said for India too. Perhaps it's the same for America too. USA is attracting a lot of immigrants. My impression is people just like America. The population of USA is growing and it could be the result of the locals combined with lots of immigrants.
Britain has a ptoblem with elderly care too
no country has a good plan on what to do with the elderly. . . unless you are wealthy what can you do?
There are lot of old people in China. Life is very very hard for seniors in China. I think it's the same every where. Govt can't take care of all seniors, homeless, sicked and mentally health people. 😢😢😢
This is a re-run.
Thank you France for such concern towards the welfare of elderly Chinese. Perhaps every now and then you'll also spare a thought for those yellow vests?
China is not the only country. Look at UK they have been struggling for years. Think all Europe has been unable to look after their old.
Get paid by the CIA for reporting China.
"I once had a whim and I had to obey it:
To buy a French horn in a second-hand shop:
I polished it up and I started to play it
In spite of my neighbor who begged me to stop."
What an admirable couple looking after mum. If only the rest of the world had this morality. I hope they get help. Let the government pitch in. China is getting rich.
And the U.S. is taking care of their elderly?
😁😂😀😄
Yes it does, why are you so obsessed with us you wumao. 😂
@@chinaiscommittinggenocidei4924 Blindly praising America doesn't make you patriotic - it makes you complacent!
If you want to truly be patriotic, why don't you join the U.S. military and serve for 20 years like I did?
If you do that, I suspect you too would see that our government cares more about other countries than about Americans.
You do love your fellow Americans, don't you?
@@andyhughes1776I served 6 years, got on medical retirement after being diagnosed with cancer. I agree with you!
@@chinaiscommittinggenocidei4924 You have never been to a state run nursing home obviously.
Actually, those of us in the US would rather take care of ourselves. Relying on the US Goverment for that is a huge mistake as history shows. (They screw up all social programs.)
The law mandates that adult children provide culturally expected support to their parents 60 years or older. Per the law, duties include frequent visits and sending greetings to attend to the spiritual needs of the elderly. The reporting mechanism relies on parents filing lawsuits against their children for neglect.
Shawn Wow that's sad that it must be mandated. Means their children are not seeing to them and their needs. Hope it gets better.
@upthedown1 Their one child have a career and a family of their own. This means: child expenses, house expenses, etc. A pensioner gets $17....A MONTH. The government and banks are in trouble because most of the US companies have moved to Vietnam due to new ESPIONAGE LAWS. PEOPLE HAVE NO JOBS, MONEY IS TIGHT. This is not just about old people, it's about a country going UNDER. Many young people are suffering and they cannot help themselves let alone their parents!!
Don’t they have ice floes for them to journey to afterlife. No seriously stopping work at 60 is too early. I am 69, I still work physically dally
What are conditions like for the poor, or for those in rural area?
People living in rural areas do not have to pay property tax and have access to fields to grow their own vegetables and barns to breed poultry.
$840 usd a month? Wow
In the US it’s like $4k a week, 12k a month+ I know because that’s where my wife was before she past.
How many people in the US make 4K a week? That’s over 200k a yr just for care ++
Haha you just don’t know what you’re talking about, a lot of happy old people in China doesn’t worry about inflation and being taken good care by the govt
More work for unemployed Chinese workers.
One of the things in the U.S. we are lack of is because kids raised up to be very independent on their own from very young they normally don’t normally take their parents in to live with them as they older .. rarely the ones that do is very admirable as you don’t see a lot here vs over sea especially Asian countries . Ideally on myself bc I have been taking care of my grandma to my parents most of my life I personally want to have my own little family of course I was left with no choice but to take my parents in . Honestly , everyone in my family has their own independence and no one share anything so is not much of diff . My kids love being around my parents and it teaches them to love n respect the elders in a respectful way and the best part is they grew up in this type of environment so when they have their own they don’t mind taking their wife or their in vs not ever exposed to them this . Really the most kind hearted peoples is the ones that grew up with the elders and they adjust better in real world vs the ones that not .
They have plenty of people wanting to work.
Make it happen China.
Make it happen Earth.
Get by with just $600 for 3 people, wow
in rural china, it can be decently doable.
People living in rural areas do not have to pay property tax and have access to fields to grow their own vegetables and barns to breed poultry. 3 elders 4200 CNY a month, no pressure there.
Thats why Chinese offer Scholarship to thousands of Pakistani students in universities
Consumption in China is completely different from that in Europe and the United States. Europe and the United States cannot live without pensions, but China's savings rate is 37.8%, and the savings rate of the elderly is higher, so there will not be any big problems due to pensions.
Seems like more violence for the elderly in France
Good to see older peoples challenges not being ignored, no matter where they live
Elderly in China are better taken care of, relatively to other countries at the similar stage of development. Going forward, there is worry about the care for the elderly in China, as well as in zzall other countries. I thought France 24 would give some good advices for China to take since it singled out China for this issue which every country faces, nope It didn't.
Chinese seniors - Beijing’s next export?
Family structure and family values still exist in the non western world, and unlike the west, family members don’t need to take appointments to see each other
While USA struggles to care for the whole population of USA citizens
I took care of the elders I do know for sure human is always the best care and connections for them over ai . Like I say ai is only good to help speed up n assist in healthcare but is not the solution for the elders . They don’t trained to use common sense . Like all tech giants come out claim AI is a threat but if it a threat why are you creating it at the same time and put in work atmosphere to make life more complicated for humans . I do believed in the future yeh ai is being used widely but right now we just got out of pandemic peoples barely survive why do you wants to destroy human in work place for ? Ai is moving in a directions that are too fast and human are not yet . China economics failed bc they use everything AI . That is facts . A lot of tech companies failed bc ai is moving too fast for them too .
China very elderly welfare program
why not report japan and south korea? they face even more serious aging population problem than China though
In Japan elderly cannot afford retirement.
China is still a developing country. SK and Japan have already become rich making it easier to support the demographic changes
A lot of these elderly are being sent to America to live. I see tons of the elderly Chinese at our public parks
They need an AI!
China is already rich!!!
Will it cause another mass death? Last one was mao leap forward.
In case anyone is wondering how is it possible China afford hundreds of billions into all of their state owned companies, military, and all fields of manufacturing to near monopolize certain industries, this video is a big hint: the CCP can provide very little social services and safety nets, because they do not have to worry about the suffering and disapproval of their people.
We need protection of all humans life from moment of conception.
😅😅😅😅😅 what can you positive about Russia n china or Iran
Let the Older Chinese men marry young foreign women
A good example is look at Warren Buffett.. you never see his companies failed nor his state . Why ? Bc he keep it traditional and conservative. Sometime what working keep it but don’t change it . You don’t need to go in what popular at the moment like my body my choice etc bc most of us don’t care at the moment we care about money n foods on the table .
Disgusting. Refusing Basic human rights and supporting sexual abuse. Trash
Over population.
Living longer with failing body is a curse. Life is only fun if you’re healthy
So much for communist cradle to grave care
This is what happen when u interfere with the natural course of God's plan .
Australia has a significant number of homeless women over 60. Women have less superannuation due to less job opportunities and lower wages. Rent and housing prices completely out of control. A government that uses people as pawns to control inflation which is caused by greedy corporations. Inadequate public housing. Children not interested in caring for them.
Rotting despotic society
Hi take look at care of Elderly in America you talk about disgraceful. It just the way it is in every country. Old get set aside and forgotten.