A look at the National Social Security Fund as China confronts its looming old age crisis.
As China’s population ages, the country’s authorities are facing the daunting question of who will cover the cost. When top leaders realized at the turn of the century that state pension funds would struggle to support the ballooning retired population, they created the National Social Security Fund (NSSF).
With more than $400 billion in assets under management at the end of 2020, the NSSF has since become one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. One feature of its operations
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Bob Fu's relationship with China has gone through phases. First, he thought money would solve his problems there; then he joined protesters at Tiananmen Square, thinking the politics could change. In the end, he determined, only God could save China, and he's been fighting for religious freedom in China ever since he resettled in Texas. With his nonprofit, ChinaAid, prospering like never before, he says the U.S. is finally catching on.
A podcast about how the two nations, once friends, are now foes.
Hear why things are so complicated now. Host Jane Perlez, former New York Times Beijing bureau chief, talks with diplomats, spies, cultural superstars like Yo Yo Ma, and more to understand why the dangers are so high, and why relations went awry.