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Xi Jinping's troubles seem to be never ending; this time, we're taking a look at China's pension system coming under renewed pressure thanks to the recent economic slowdown and young workers boycotting it.
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1 - https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2022/03/29/chinas-enterprise-annuities-long-term-money-short-term-investment/
2 - https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/29/china-pensions-aging-demographics-economy/
3 - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/05/business/china-pensions-youth-retirement.html
4 - https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/31-reforming-chinese-pension-system-pozen.pdf
5 - https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=CN
6 - https://www.cfr.org/blog/what-chinese-pension-system-and-why-are-its-problems-hard-fix
7 - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-01-10/china-s-pension-crisis-deepens-with-boycott-from-millions-of-youth
00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - China's Pension System Explained
02:14 - Why It's Unfair
03:49 - Why It's Unaffordable
07:28 - Sponsored Content