[Valpal1]

That’s one way to deal with the birth dearth that results in too many retirees and not enough workers. But it’s stop gap that they will have to repeat until their boomers pop off this mortal coil or until their zoomers start have 3 babies each.

[Flaming Conservative]

My sister in law is from the Philippines; she only has a basic education, so I don’t know about jobs for well educated people, but she said if you’re over 40, forget about finding a job, that employers, especially in those jobs with the public, will only hire young attractive people. Their job ads even state it that way. I think it’s illegal, but they do it anyway. I imagine they pay off the authorities: bribes and graft are rampant there. Legal retirement age is 65.

[McCarthysGhost]

What’s retirement there, a forty hour work week down from 70?

[FlingWingFlyer]

What is it now, 150 years?

[know.your.why]

Cool! I can retire in China...if I was a woman. Oh wait! I’m in America! What is a woman?

[clearcarbon]

"The top legislative body on Friday approved proposals to raise the statutory retirement age from 50 to 55 for women in blue-collar jobs, and from 55 to 58 for females in white-collar jobs. Men will see an increase from 60 to 63. China's current retirement ages are among the lowest in the world."

At a glance, that doesn't speak well of life expectancy in China.