Tag Archives: Old People

There’s a void called the countryside – visions of dying village life

Posted on 2013-02-28 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. Migrant workers tend to be presented as an anonymous mass, and thought of either as … Continue reading →

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Shanghai nonagenarian writes comic book memoir commemorating love of his life

Posted on 2013-02-27 by Barry van Wyk

Rao Pingru (饶平如) has lived a long life marked by great hardship and perseverance. Yet Rao survived war, famine, incarceration, separation and illness, and lived his entire life with undying love for one woman. Now aged 91, Rao’s long life … Continue reading →

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Social security in China: visit your parents more

Posted on 2012-06-27 by Allison Carol Goldman

The front page of the Chengdu Business Daily today features the obituary of Chen Qiang, a famous actor known for his two famous roles playing the villain, as the despotic landlord, Huang Shiren in the 1945 musical, “White-Haired Lady” and the southern … Continue reading →

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