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- China was celebrating this week after new figures put its “healthy life expectancy” ahead of the US.
- Chinese people can now expect 68.7 years of healthy life, compared to 68.5 for Americans.
- The US figure peaked in 2010, while China’s keeps on rising, and this year pulled ahead.
State media in China were celebrating a victory over the US this week, as official health data shows that people there now on average enjoy a longer healthy lifespan than Americans.
The celebration included this tweet by the People’s Daily state-controlled news outlet, which said: “Chinese people can look forward to a longer healthy life than Americans for the first time since records began.”See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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