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China's families are now supporting more old people than kids

Families in China are for the first time supporting more elderly people than children, the country's government has said.

Official data released in the last week , external show the ratio of China's dependent elderly people compared to the working age population rose to 23% last year, overtaking the figure for children, which stood at 22%.

The numbers are closely watched for signs of how China's shrinking workforce will impact both the world's second largest economy and global growth as a whole.

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