Choosing a good life before kicking the bucket

When 72-year-old Sun Xiaojuan told her sons that she would like to move in to a seniors' house, her children were stunned.

Not because of her expressed wish per se but because of her exacting specifications. Her recalls telling her sons that she was "not talking about moving to a seniors' house where eight people share a room and are fully attended by nurses".

Instead, she said: "I would like to live in a hotel-like senior housing project where people live in en suites, and have various entertainment and enrichment programs everyday."