A growing number of elderly people are moving to China's larger cities to be with their married children and help look after grandchildren, but rather than finding a source of solace, many of these seniors, far from friends and familiar surroundings, feel lost, abandoned and isolated.
First person: Chen Yunsheng, a 77-year-old retiree from Gansu province who lives with his daughter's family in Beijing
By day, Zhao Qi, 23, is an architectural designer in Beijing, but after dark, he is a seasoned hunter in the concrete jungle. Residential areas are his hunting grounds, his smartphone is his weapon, and poorly parked shared bikes are his prey.
While Yuan Longping and his "super hybrid rice" may be household names in China, Wang Huayong is less well known. But without the efforts made by Wang and his colleagues, record-breaking rice yields might have been no more than a theory.
Are you a third-ager? A senior? Maybe a silver surfer? These are all relatively polite ways of expressing the stark reality that you are getting old - or already are.
As a starter, you could choose lab sweetbreads, friendly foie gras or in vitro oysters and then move on to a ravioli of cultured Bresse chicken or homegrown charcuteries for a main course.
For policy observers in China, the report General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered to the opening session of 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Oct 18 is the "mother of all reports". In a nutshell, it is excellent news for the environment.
Optics and imaging giant Nikon recently announced that it would close its subsidiary Nikon Imaging China Co as part of its restructuring, which began in November last year to cope with the shrinking demand for compact digital cameras.
When choosing condoms, most Chinese remain resolutely "old school" and go for trusted or well-known international brands. Now, though, a number of domestic startups are striving to seize a larger share of the market from the foreign brands that have dominated sales for decades.
More than 80 percent of adults in China have misunderstandings about contraception, according to a survey released by the All-China Women's Federation on Sept 27, the day after World Contraception Day.
Multilayered approach will allow people to navigate the city without having to cross busy roads
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