Retiring at 50 has long been a guarantee for parts of China's working class — until now

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A boomer living on $1,680 Social Security and SNAP struggles to afford food: 'It has kept me very isolated.'

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An older woman standing in the produce aisle of a grocery store.
Rita, 68, (not pictured) lives check to check on Social Security in Illinois.

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A 'peak boomer' working in Germany plans to retire in the US because he believes the healthcare is better

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George, an American, lives and works in Munich. He loves the lifestyle but plans on retiring in the US for Medicare benefits.

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A 70-year-old 'cool old lady' is living it up in retirement because of her 'good government job' — and all the senior discounts she's found

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Carol Cole is living it up in retirement.

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A millennial couple who grew their net worth from less than $100K to over $800K share the 'house-hacking' strategy that made it possible

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Lauren and Ian Simpson
Lauren and Ian Simpson are living a FIRE lifestyle in the hopes of retiring by age 35.

Lauren Simpson

China wants to raise its retirement age. People aren't happy.

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A number of elderly Chinese people sit in winter coats in the sunshine against a backdrop of tree trunks.
Increasing numbers of Chinese elderly people cannot afford to retire, according to reports.

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I retired at 52. I got bored quickly and decided to go back to work.

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Lee Broders wanted to retire early since he had started working at age 16, but retirement turned out to be boring for him.

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I've been laid off 6 times, but being let go at 54 was different. I've been unemployed for a year.

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Like Biden, many boomers are facing the end of their careers. It brings up feelings of grief and identity loss.

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President Joe Biden standing behind a door.

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Meet a baby boomer who will never retire because she has terminal cancer and can't afford to live off $1,800 in monthly Social Security

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an older woman at a hospital looks out the window
Mary, not pictured, doesn't think she'll ever be able to retire.

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