China's life expectancy to jump: report
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Average life expectancy in China will jump 13 years to 85 years and all households will be lifted out of poverty by the middle of the century, Chinese academics forecast in a report issued in state media on Monday.
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The life expectancy of people in the states of former communist East Germany has risen since reunification and is now comparable to that of their counterparts in the west, a new study said.
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China hopes its middle class will expand to more than half of its total population by 2020, a Communist Party planner said Wednesday.
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The Ministry of Labour and Social Security is considering raising the legal retirement age in China to reduce pressure on the social security retirement pension.
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Temperatures in China will keep rising this century because of increased energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, with warmer winters in North China being the most obvious signs, says a report.
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BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhuanet,By Quan Xiaoshu ) -- China is aging. According to statistics, citizens aged 60 and about account for nearly 11 percent of its 1.3 billion people.
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One in four Americans think China will beat the United States in the next decade as the world leader in innovation, according to a survey released on Sunday by Zogby International.
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A Chinese survey shows up to 75 percent of the country&#39;s city-dwellers suffer from poor health, and well-educated people die 10 years earlier than others.
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China, home to one in three of the world's smokers, is set to see a huge rise in its health care costs as a lack of education and the government's vested interests frustrate prevention efforts, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - Medical breakthroughs hold   out the prospect of living longer and healthier lives, with   current life span norms set to be turned on their head, an   expert on anti-ageing said on Friday.
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At a recent business summit, Vice-Premier Zeng Peiyan predicted that China will sustain an annual economic growth rate of more than 7 per cent by 2020.
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China's economy is set to grow at a faster-than-expected rate of 10.4% this year, the Asian Development Bank says.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's grand tour of Europe this week is underscoring how the opportunities presented by the "super-market" that is China's billion people may be trumping the continent's long-standing ...
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China's economy grew by a blistering 11.2 percent in the fourth quarter, propelling annual growth to its fastest rate in 13 years, the government said Thursday, showing that China remains vibrant despite worries that a possible U.S. recession will drag on global growth.
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China said cooling the world&#39;s fastest- growing major economy and maintaining a stable currency will be government priorities next year.
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China's military spending, a point of contention with the United States, will jump 17.8 percent this year, the spokesman for the National People's Congress said Sunday.
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CHINA Life, China&#39;s largest life insurer, might start investing in overseas financial markets before the end of the year, state media reported yesterday.