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China is about to be hit by a wave of Alzheimer’s, as its population ages and shrinks. The disease will place great strains on Chinese society and test the country’s health-care system to its limits. David Rennie, The Economist’s Beijing bureau chief, and Alice Su, our senior China correspondent, ask: how will dementia expose China’s weak points?

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China is about to be hit by a wave of Alzheimer’s, as its population ages and shrinks. The disease will place great strains on Chinese society and test the country’s health-care system to its limits. David Rennie, The Economist’s Beijing bureau chief, and Alice Su, our senior China correspondent, ask: how will dementia expose China’s weak points?

Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—subscribe to Economist Podcasts+

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