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China to promote more balanced elderly care system to assist aging population
Bastille Post 12th March 2025 China to promote more balanced elderly care system to assist aging population China will roll out efforts to promote a more balanced elderly care system during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), with lawmakers proposing more comprehensive care solutions and financing to be allocated to assist the country's aging population. With nearly one-in-four people aged over 60 and life expectancy on the rise, China is facing one of its biggest soc
Chris McMillan
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Learning the art of seeing beyond limitation
China Daily 10th March 2026 Learning the art of seeing beyond limitation This February, I journeyed through Fujian province with Wang Yongcheng, a deputy to the National People's Congress and the only visually impaired member among nearly 3,000 NPC deputies. My aim was to observe his work, but instead, I gained a profound lesson in what it truly means to "see" the world. At 58, Wang, a native of Fujian, cannot see with his eyes. Yet throughout our travels, he demonstrated rem
Chris McMillan
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Feature. New mindset, unchanging goal for China's flagbearer Liu at Milan-Cortina Paralympic
Xinhua Editor: huaxia Feature. New mindset, unchanging goal for China's flagbearer Liu at Milan-Cortina Paralympic by sportswriters Li Chunyu and Jiao Ziqi Less than 12 hours after carrying China's flag at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony, Liu Sitong claimed the country's first medal of the Games on Saturday morning, taking bronze in the women's downhill sitting event in para alpine skiing. In her third appearance at the Winter Paralympics, the 31-ye
Chris McMillan
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