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Uneven hand-outs see the rural elderly till the soil while urbanites enjoy retirement
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The government is stingy and timid when it comes to retirement benefits

Some countries are much better prepared for ageing than others

The notorious hukou system is being relaxed. Marx would approve

That could make a starkly unequal country even more so

Yet they often face high barriers to employment and unpalatable options

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist