Lauren Johnston

China: pandemic preparedness for ageing populations

For pandemic preparedness, every country best adopts an economic demography strategy, writes Lauren A. Johnston, Research Associate, SOAS, University of London. China’s unique long-run approach is very much shaped by its demographic history, and its responsibilities towards its ageing population.

9 Jul 2020

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The rich world’s intergenerational challenge through the looking glass of China and Japan

China and Japan face unique intergenerational challenges – and represent divergent examples of a binary pattern that the rest of the ageing world might learn from. By Lauren A. Johnston*

9 Jul 2019

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