{"id":144211,"date":"2026-01-15T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144211"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:30:09","slug":"without-pension-reform-china-is-leaving-its-rural-elderly-out-in-the-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144211","title":{"rendered":"Without pension reform, China is leaving its rural elderly out in the cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning Post\u201cRural heating problems in Hebei cannot wait any longer\u201d declared a recent report in Farmers\u2019 Daily. It described a disturbing reality in parts of northern China: elderly villagers who would rather shiver through freezing temperatures than turn on their heaters, because they simply cannot afford the cost. For many urban readers, this may sound implausible. For millions of rural elderly, it is routine.<br \/>\nOn the surface, the problem appears to be a side effect of China\u2019s well-intentioned&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3339618\/without-pension-reform-china-leaving-its-rural-elderly-out-cold?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning Post\u201cRural heating problems in Hebei cannot wait any longer\u201d declared a recent report in Farmers\u2019 Daily. It described a disturbing reality in parts of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144211"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}