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China Is Trying to Expand Its Social Safety Net. Yet Many Chinese Are Worried.

A move to force employers to pay into benefits for their employees has left people worrying that small businesses will close and jobs will be lost.

© Andrea Verdelli for The New York Times

Outside a maternity hospital in Beijing last year. As of Sept. 1, all employers in China must contribute to benefits for their employees, to support their pensions, medical care, maternity leave and more.
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