“China's in a situation where they have more retired than working.”
What PolitiFact found
It's getting there, but not yet. The number of Chinese workers is projected to fall and match the number of retirees in about a quarter century, depending what age brackets are used.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Joe Biden (president) made this claim around 12 May 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 May 2024, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/12/remarks-by-president…
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