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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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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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
How Ancient Chinese Seniors Spent Their Retirement
Retirement from working wasn’t always bliss for ancient Chinese officials
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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
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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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
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
Four Habits of the Frugal Chinese Senior
Walk, reuse, and…steal? Have China’s penny-pinching elders gone too far?
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Love in an Old Climate
What is it like to face the end of one’s life—and see one’s loved ones grow old—in a country with an imperfect medical system?
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