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China has another solution to its shrinking population: robots
Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN was quoted in a CNN report on China's solution to its shrinking population, saying that if China continues on its current trajectory from the last 20 or 30 years, it will face a massive crisis due to the mismatch between their population system and economic system. Read the full ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2026/china-has-another-solution-to
Demographic shift moves beyond old sad story
In a recent article in the China Daily, Prof. Stuart Gietel-Basten authored a column article on China's demographic shifts featuring population decline and rapid aging. He noted that future prosperity depends not on reversing inevitable trends, but on intelligently and proactively navigating them. Read the ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2026/demographic-shift-moves-beyond-old-sad-story
Why has Hong Kong women’s life expectancy hit record high? What about the men?
In an article on the high life expectancy in HK, SOSC/ PPOL Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN was quoted as attributing the increasing life expectancy to relatively high income, social safety nets, proximity to primary healthcare and a relatively healthy lifestyle and diet. Read the full article here.
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2025/hong-kong-womans-life-expectancy
Top-heavy age structure in China may soon bring economic difficulties, warns Park on 21CN
IEMS Director Albert Park was interviewed by the 21st Century Business Herald magazine on the topic of population and demographic growth in mainland China. In the article, Prof. Park stated that the mainland populated aged 60 and above would double to 30% over the next 20-30 years. Coupled with a low fertility rate, ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2016/park-china-aging-population-economic-problems-21cn
Aging Chinese Face a Bleak Picture, Park told WSJ, CNN, SCMP and Science Magazine
IEMS’ Albert Park discussed his landmark survey of the middle-aged and elderly in China entitled The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), which aims to collect multidisciplinary data, ranging from socio-economics status to health conditions, to be used to support the scientific analysis of ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/media-coverage/2013/park-aging-chinese-face-a-bleak-picture---research-study-by-iems-albert-park-featured-on-wsj-cnn-scmp-and-science-magazine
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