
China ageing population to erode low-cost labour (International Herald Tribune: Tue, 18 Dec) China's advantages as a low-cost labour market could be eroded by mid-century because of its rapidly ageing population, state media reported on Tuesday, citing the China National Committee on Ageing.
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Shark slices surfer's buttock (The West Australian: Tue, 18 Dec) A man surfing near Newcastle has survived a shark attack that sliced open a "very large flap of skin" on his right buttock, a rescuer says.
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Advertisement starts (Tiscali: Tue, 18 Dec) "We might encounter the heaviest burden, especially after 2030, when the demographic dividend is set to end," the China Daily quoted Yan Qingchun, deputy director of the National Committee on Ageing, as saying.
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