The ageing dilemma: why robots can’t save us but China-US cooperation might

A top US medical anthropologist believes the United States and China must transcend geopolitical tensions and spur a global revolution in “social technology” to survive the looming ageing crisis.Arthur Kleinman, a physician-anthropologist with joint appointments at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School, proposed that the US learn from China’s recent efforts to build a long-term care insurance system, while in return China can take lessons from the US nursing home model.“We have never had societies with such a large number of people living into the old age period,” said Kleinman who, at 85 years old, will retire this year.