As the second-largest economy in the world in 2022, China faces at once the challenges and the opportunities brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It presents a case where the demographic challenges of an aging population and gender disparity may be fruitfully solved by the measured use of digital technology as the country continues its transition to a greener, data-driven new economy. Healthcare, labor reskilling and gender parity are three areas of focus for domestic policy.
To address the set of interlocked challenges that China faces, a vision of inclusive and sustainable growth that pays particular attention to the elderly and women should be set forth.
China is a rapidly graying country with those aged 60 or above reaching 267 million, or 18.9% of the total population, which may reach one-third before 2050. With a falling fertility rate and an early retirement age, existing welfare infrastructure will be increasingly under duress....
Civil society, for Locke, begins with a surrender. In the state of nature, anyone may punish a wrong done to the community. In society, that power passes to a common authority, and only the sovere...