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23/09/2016 GMT
The race is on to find ways to finance Asia's old age and to adapt the way it works, lives and plays. Karishma Vaswani meets experts from across the region, gathered in Hanoi.
Will Asia grow rich before it grows old? On average, people in Japan and Singapore live until they are 84. By 2020 nearly a third of Chinese people will be over the age of 60. The continent is home to the oldest and some of the poorest populations in the world. The race is on to find ways to finance Asia's old age and to adapt the way it works, lives and plays. Karishma Vaswani meets experts from across the region, gathered in Hanoi.
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