Gong Shihai, a 73-year-old peasant, had never dreamed that he was married for the first time in his life at atownship senior citizens home, 40 kilo- meters southeast of Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province.
Recent economic figures show the Japanese economy is declining—its nominal GDP fell 6 percent in 2009 to $5.85 trillion,even below the level of 1992 when its real estate market started to collapse.In a recent article...Recent economic figures show the Japanese economy is declining—its nominal GDP fell 6 percent in 2009 to $5.85 trillion,even below the level of 1992 when its real estate market started to collapse.In a recent article in Century Weekly magazine,Andy Xie,a renowned independent economist,blamed the Japanese downturn on an aging population,a problem also shared by many other countries.Edited excerpts follow:展开更多
As the poor run for the big urban centers and the rich run for the relative peace and economic boom of second and third tier cities,there is yet another option in the modern migratory patterns of the Chinese people:es...As the poor run for the big urban centers and the rich run for the relative peace and economic boom of second and third tier cities,there is yet another option in the modern migratory patterns of the Chinese people:escape.China’s rapid development has led to a massive increase in the number of Chinese展开更多
文摘Gong Shihai, a 73-year-old peasant, had never dreamed that he was married for the first time in his life at atownship senior citizens home, 40 kilo- meters southeast of Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province.
文摘Recent economic figures show the Japanese economy is declining—its nominal GDP fell 6 percent in 2009 to $5.85 trillion,even below the level of 1992 when its real estate market started to collapse.In a recent article in Century Weekly magazine,Andy Xie,a renowned independent economist,blamed the Japanese downturn on an aging population,a problem also shared by many other countries.Edited excerpts follow:
文摘As the poor run for the big urban centers and the rich run for the relative peace and economic boom of second and third tier cities,there is yet another option in the modern migratory patterns of the Chinese people:escape.China’s rapid development has led to a massive increase in the number of Chinese