美中都大幅舉債, 主因都有應對高齡化人口之故:
[ The United States and China contribute most to this trend,” Mr. Gaspar said. “If one would exclude the United States and China, the public debt-to-GDP ratio would be going down” globally, he said.
The U.S. government debt is projected to keep rising in coming years partly because Washington is spending more for healthcare and Social Security costs as the baby boomers retire, as well as for clean energy projects and other domestic economic policies, IMF economists say. ]
[China, the world’s second-largest economy, is another with fast-rising government debt. The IMF expects it to rise to 104.9% of GDP in 2028, from 82.4% for 2023 and 56.7% in 2018.
China’s spending on its rapidly aging population and stimulus measures to sustain economic growth are among the factors behind its climbing debt, IMF economists say.]
中國的貧困現象裡，包括農村老人與失業年青人：
“In 2021, older people from the countryside received on average $27 a month in social security benefits, according to a government report. That pension is merely about 5 percent of what the average urban retiree gets.”
“In addition to poverty, the government doesn’t want the public to dwell on another big social problem: youth unemployment, which the government says has reached nearly 20 percent.”
