Someone older, someone new

'Most elderly people are a lot of fun,' says girl who volunteered for 12 yrs

SHANGHAI - The first time she was to perform in front of the gathered seniors, 9-year-old Xue Tingting was too shy to sing the Shaoxing Opera she had learned, and even cried a little.

Now Xue, a sophomore at East China Normal University in Shanghai, has come to enjoy spending time with the seniors so much that she's been doing it for 12 years.