China will gradually raise its statutory retirement age in the next five years to try to cope with its ageing population and buckling pension system.
Life expectancy in the country is now 78. But China's retirement age is among the lowest in the world - at 60 for men, 55 for women in white-collar jobs and 50 for working-class women.
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