FOOD

Community Canteens For Seniors Take Off Among Chinese Youth

Young Chinese turn to government-funded canteens for the elderly amid food safety scandals and the rising cost of meals

ARTS

Last Encore: The Final Days of an Aging Opera Troupe

How a group of octogenarian opera singers tried to sustain their passion and a loyal community of opera lovers in a southern Chinese city

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EDUCATION

Death Discussions: Educators Struggle to Break Taboos Around Death

More and more Chinese have been talking and learning about death, a traditional taboo, for better living

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SOCIETY

Why China’s Social Workers Struggle to Make a Difference

China aims to make social work a major part of old age care and public health programs, but the field struggles to gain autonomy from the government and attract new talent

ANCIENT HISTORY

How Ancient Chinese Seniors Spent Their Retirement

Retirement from working wasn’t always bliss for ancient Chinese officials

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SOCIETY

The Desires and Disappointments of Chinese Seniors Seeking Twilight Love

At Beijing’s Changpuhe Park, hundreds of elderly Chinese have been looking for a partner for company, sex, and mutual care, but few succeed

SOCIETY

No Retirement Before Death: The Story of an Aging Migrant Worker

What’s it like battling poverty and being unable to retire as a migrant worker in China today?

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SOCIETY

No Respite in Retirement for China's Migrating Elderly

As elders become their grandchildren’s primary caretakers, they face moving to the city in their old age

TRAVEL

One Woman’s Solo Road Trip Inspires a Generation

Su Min left an abusive husband and the monotony of routine life to seek freedom and happiness on the open road

TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Four Habits of the Frugal Chinese Senior

Walk, reuse, and…steal? Have China’s penny-pinching elders gone too far?