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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Essay, Report &amp; Composition Writing</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm</link><description>Post your essay, short story or composition here. Review, comment, or just read for fun.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3607.32596)</generator><item><title>Re: An aging society of China</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnAgingSocietyOfChina/gddxk/post.htm#518863</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 14:30:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:518863</guid><dc:creator>julielai</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnAgingSocietyOfChina/gddxk/post.htm#518863</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-518863.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Do you want us to comment on your essay?</description></item><item><title>An aging society of China</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnAgingSocietyOfChina/gddxk/post.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:30:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:516980</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/AnAgingSocietyOfChina/gddxk/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-516980.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>China  has been an aging society since 1999. At present there are 143 million senior citizens above 60 years old in China, making up 11% of the population. By 2050, the figure will increase to 400 million, about 30% of the population.  
  As the number of senior citizens keeps increasing, more and more Chinese families will belong to the 4-2-1 type, with four senior citizens being the parents of the husband and the wife, the couple themselves, and their only child.  
  It is reported that in China 35% of the families have to support 4 senior citizens and 49% of the families have to take care of 2-3 senior citizens. At the same time, the one-child policy makes China have fewer younger people. As a result, the Chinese pension system...</description></item></channel></rss>