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Western Union assists Behind Children in China

 China's working-age population continued to fall in 2014, the government said on January 20, as Beijing struggles to address a spiralling demographic challenge made worse by its one-child policy. GOH CHAI HIN/AFP (Getty images)

GOH CHAI HIN/AFP (Getty images) Source: Getty Images

The problem of Left Behind Children in China is for a number of years to be concerned about . According to the Chinese news media, China currently has about more than 6100 million Left Behind Children. The parents of these children are in the distance to make a living.; most of them grandparents grandfather grandmother live together or be sent to a boarding school, often without any adult care.



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