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Where China Outpaces America

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Published: April 30, 2011

SHANGHAI

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Here’s a fact about China that you may not know: people in Shanghai today have a longer life expectancy than Americans.

A child in Shanghai is expected to live 82 years. In the United States, the figure is not quite 79 years. (For all of China, including rural areas, life expectancy is lower, 73 years — but rising steadily.)