Irish Examiner view: Changing nature of work widens gap between the rich and a growing majority

Just as the private sector struggles to find chefs because the reward-and-commitment ratio is often out of kilter, the military struggle to attract and retain personnel for the very same reason.
For many years, China imposed strict one-child rules on families, but the realisation that an aging population needed renewal, alongside unprecedented affluence, brought that policy to an end in 2015; most families are now encouraged to have two children.
Despite those historic restrictions, often enforced through the most severe measures, China’s population grew.