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The Memory Makers: The Rise of Professional Memoirists in China
A growing industry of memoir ghostwriters is helping China’s seniors preserve their legacies—and boosting the silver economy
Golden Connections: How a Chinese Social Media Site Brings Together Seniors
Despite amassing millions of users, Meipian, a Chinese social media app targeting the senior community, continues to grapple with monetization challenges
The Aging Migrant Workers Who Can’t Afford to Retire
With a growing urban-rural gap and lack of social security, China’s first-generation migrant workers are heading back to the workplace
Their Last Portraits: Photographing 3,000 Elders in the Countryside
Photographer Yang Xin takes free “funeral portraits” for elderly people in remote villages, and learns about their attitude to life and death
Old Fashioned
The elderly livestreamers making a splash in a youth-focused online world
Fears of data dystopia as China heads for cashless society
As another annual”Cashless Day” concludes, not everyone is enthused with mobile payment
Dancing to the tune of RMB
Behind the repetitive choreography and thumping beats, middle-aged square dancers in China are the new frontier in marketing
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