Why China’s Mandatory Social Security Policy Sparks Public Outrage

Why China’s Mandatory Social Security Policy Sparks Public Outrage
A group of elderly retirees from northeast Liaoning Province stage a sit-down protest outside the Ministry of Justice over their unpaid pensions, in Beijing on Nov. 8, 2011.Goh Chai Hin/AFP via Getty Images
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A new regulation from China’s Supreme People’s Court, which went into effect on Sept. 1, has fueled widespread criticism online.

Wang He
Wang He
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Wang He has master’s degrees in law and history, and has studied the international communist movement. He was a university lecturer and an executive of a large private firm in China. Wang now lives in North America and has published commentaries on China’s current affairs and politics since 2017.