For years, younger generations have flocked to big cities for better job opportunities, leaving a dwindling elderly population in rural villages.
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Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Images of public health workers on river boats and army helicopters full of nurses descending on indigenous villages were often used in official propaganda to promote the nation’s prowess as a global leader on immunization.
In the meantime, the school is sending teachers to give lessons in smaller underground spaces in the hamlets.
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Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
Yet Massie’s partnership with Paul could pay off anyway, in a district that hugs the Ohio River and includes the Cincinnati suburbs and tiny hamlets like Mount Olivet.
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